October 5, 2007

Dangerous Scholarship

By DANIEL BYMAN

Haleh Esfandiari's recent incarceration in Iran's notorious Evin prison highlights the dilemmas facing researchers who study the society and politics of repressive regimes. Esfandiari, an Iranian-American scholar who directs the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, has studied the progress of democracy in Iran, with a particular focus on the role of women under the Islamic Republic. Her visit to Iran was personal: Her 93-year-old mother had fallen

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