More from Iranian-American author Haleh Esfandiari

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Jeb Sharp interviewed Esfandiari earlier this week about her experience in Evin Prison in Iran in 2007. You can hear a much longer version of that interview on this week’s history podcast. Esfandiari’s new memoir is called My Prison, My Home. In it she deftly weaves the story of her interrogation and imprisonment into the larger narrative of the history of U.S.-Iranian relations. Download MP3

• My Prison, My Home
• How We Got Here on iTunes
• How We Got Here on Facebook

Iranian Protest Movements

Hard not to be riveted by events in Iran this week. How often in our lifetimes have we seen such a spontaneous and massive mobilization of human beings expressing their dismay? This week’s podcast looks at the a century’s worth of protest movements in Iran and similarities and differences with today. Listen