Iranian-Americans Detained in Iran

Iranian-Americans Detained in Iran

Just days ahead of a meeting of Iranian and U.S. officials in Baghdad to talk about Iraq's security, Iran has detained a fourth Iranian-American of dual citizenship. A conversation about the Islamic Republic's imprisonment of scholar Haleh...

Just days ahead of a meeting of Iranian and U.S. officials in Baghdad to talk about Iraq's security, Iran has detained a fourth Iranian-American of dual citizenship. A conversation about the Islamic Republic's imprisonment of scholar Haleh Esfandiari and three other Americans, and tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

Guests

Shaul Bakhash

professor of history at George Mason University

Robin Wright

journalist, author and foreign policy analyst at the United States Institute of Peace. Her most recent book is "Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East."

Lee Hamilton

president and director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University. Co-chairman of the Iraq Study Group. He was a congressman representing Indiana's Ninth District from 1965 to 1999.

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