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Is Iran Changing?

With the lifting of international sanctions, what changes are taking place inside Iran?

Iran is holding its first elections since the nuclear agreement was signed last year under which international sanctions against Iran were lifted. We take a look inside Iran and asking whether real social, economic and political change is taking place inside the country, and if so, in what direction and what will it mean? Join Owen Bennett Jones and his panel of Iranian guests living both within and outside the country as they discuss Iran鈥檚 future.

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Sat 27 Feb 2016 11:06GMT
大象传媒 World Service except Australasia & News Internet

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Our all-Iranian panel this week:

Sanam Dolatshahi,大象传媒 Persian

Dr Javad Salehi-Isfahani, economist at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg Virginia

Nazila Fathi, former NYT Iran correspondent and author of 'The Lonely War: One Woman's Account of the Struggle for Modern Iran'

Mohamed Shebani editor of the Iran Pulse section of the Al Monitor news website is joining us from Canterbury in the UK

Kasra Naji, 大象传媒 Persian

Nahid Siamdoust, research scholar at the Centre of Near Eastern Studies at New York University, And author of forthcoming book 'Soundtrack of the Revolution: the Politics of Music in Iran'

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  • Fri 26 Feb 2016 09:06GMT
    大象传媒 World Service except News Internet
  • Fri 26 Feb 2016 13:06GMT
    大象传媒 World Service Australasia
  • Fri 26 Feb 2016 23:06GMT
    大象传媒 World Service except News Internet
  • Sat 27 Feb 2016 04:06GMT
    大象传媒 World Service except Australasia & News Internet
  • Sat 27 Feb 2016 11:06GMT
    大象传媒 World Service except Australasia & News Internet

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