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The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the State of Iran
Author(s): Yossi Melman (Author), Meir Javedanfar (Author)
- Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc
- Publication Date: 21 Mar. 2007
- Language: English
- Print length: 336 pages
- ISBN-10: 0786718870
- ISBN-13: 9780786718870
Book Description
Inspired by hate and surrounded by fundamentalist leaders in a country that may soon possess nuclear weapons, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad poses the most serious threat to world peace, even while he shrewdly manipulates public opinion at home. Until now, Americans have known little about him. Since his election in June 2005, Ahmadinejad has accelerated his country’s nuclear research; called for the elimination of Israel; and failed the Iranian people, who elected him on a since-neglected domestic platform. In this first book about him, we see the forces that are bringing the world to the brink of another war in the Middle East. Written by an Iranian-born insider and a world-renowned intelligence expert, it offers the first full portrait of this former mayor of Tehran whose rural roots and vituperative populism catapulted him from obscurity to national leadership.
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About the Author
Meir Javedanfar is a Middle East Analyst who specialises in Iranian affairs. Born and educated in Iran until eight years after the revolution, he has extensive contacts in Iran and in Iranian diplomatic communities around the world. He is regularly consulted for analysis of events in Iran by such media outlets as the BBC, Sky News, the CBC, RAI Italia, ABC Australia, Voice of America, the Boston Globe and Haaretz newspaper. A member of Gulf 2000 Project, which is run by the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University in New York City and staffed by internationally renowned experts in Persian Gulf states, Meir Javedanfar is the Director of the Middle East Economic and Political Analysis Company (meepas) which has large number of subscribers from Iran and from the Iranian Diaspora.
Yossi Melman is an investigative journalist with
Haaretz, Israels most authoritative newspaper. He is regarded as one of the worlds leading authorities on Israels intelligence operations. His previous book, Every Spy a Prince, co-authored with Dan Raviv, was on the New York Times best seller list for fifteen weeks. He is the author of six other books on terrorism and covert diplomacy and publishes articles in major international newspapers such as the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and The Guardian.
