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Reza Pahlavi Interview [audio 26min]

On "The Interview" this week Owen Bennett-Jones talks to the son of the last Shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi. Born into a life of privilege and heir to one of the most powerful thrones in the world, Reza Pahlavi had his life torn apart by the Islamic revolution of 1979 and his family hounded into exile. Since then he's based himself in the United States and dedicated his life to campaigning for democracy in Iran. And he thinks that right now the fractious opposition in exile is finally uniting behind the common cause of democracy and human rights.
Read entire article at BBC World Service "The Interview"