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GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M MIKE VAN DUESEN DEPUTY DIRECTOR. A HEARTY WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR THIS BOOK LAUNCH. I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE...
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WIFE, KATHERINE. [APPLAUSE] >> CHRIS WAS ONE OF THE LEADERS ON BEHALF OF THE MARYLAND DELEGATION, AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING HE DID. IN THE COURSE OF...
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THE WOODROW WILSON CENTER, AMBASSADOR JOE
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McGUILDEN HORN, SANDRA GERBER, THE VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE WOODROW WILSON CENTER IS ALSO HERE AND, OF COURSE, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE...
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| 00:01:57 |
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AND GRIPPING BOOK BRINGS BACK HORRIBLE MEMORIES WE HAD DURING HER EIGHT-MONTH ORDEAL. FOUR MONTHS OF VIRTUAL HOUSE
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| 00:02:04 |
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ARREST IN HER MOTHER'S APARTMENT FOLLOWED BY FOUR MONTHS OF CONFINEMENT IN A NOTORIOUS PRISON IN TEHRAN. THE STORY FROM WASHINGTON DURING THIS TIME...
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GOOD FRIEND, DR. HALEH ESFANDIARI. SHE WROTE IN HAUNTING DETAIL AS A CAPTIVE OF THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT FOR THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT FOR EIGHT MONTHS. FOR...
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| 00:07:49 |
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CENTER FOR WELCOMING ME BACK IN SEPTEMBER, 2007, TO MY INSTITUTIONAL HOME THE WILSON CENTER AFTER I WAS MADE UNWELCOMED IN NATIVE LAND. THANKS TO THOSE...
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| 00:23:40 |
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INTERROGATORS WANTED ME TO SPEAK ON CAMERA. I FINALLY FELT I HAD TO AGREE. EVEN THOUGH I HAD NO INTENTION OF MAKING FALSE STATEMENT
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AND I DON'T THINK I DID. IT WAS ONE OF MY WORST MOMENT AT THE PRISON. I WAS TAPED IN A ROOM MADE UP TO LOOK LIKE A LIVING ROOM AND SAT ON A SOFA...
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| 00:32:48 |
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BACK. PLEASE, GIVE YOUR NAME. >>
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| 00:32:51 |
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I'M
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| 00:32:52 |
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PART OF THE WOMEN'S LEARNING PARTNERSHIP, AN OLD COLLEAGUE OF HALEH. HALEH, THANK YOU FOR THIS INSPIRING PRESENTATION. I HOPE I CAN ASK MY QUESTIONS...
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| 00:33:12 |
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AND BEGAN LOOKING AT IT WITH A REALLY HEAVY HEART AND WORRIED BUT IT WAS REALLY A VERY DIGNIFIED AND BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION OF JUST EXACTLY WHAT...
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| 00:34:39 |
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CONSTANTLY COMFORT MYSELF BY TELLING MYSELF THAT I'M 67 YEARS OLD. I HAD A WONDERFUL LIFE BEHIND ME. I HAD A VERY GOOD CAREER. I WAS VERY PROUD...
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| 00:37:20 |
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I WAS TOLD WHEN I WAS STILL OUTSIDE PRISON AND BEING TAKEN FOR INTERROGATION TO THE INTELLIGENCE MINISTRY, I WAS TOLD I WAS NEVER ABLE TO VERIFY THAT...
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| 00:37:45 |
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FILE -- ON THE TABLE OF MR. MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD. SO HE WAS QUITE AWARE OF MY CASE. AS WE KNOW -- AND IT'S NOW PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, MR. HAMILTON HAD WRITTEN...
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| 00:38:56 |
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WHO RECEIVED INVITATIONS. SHOULD THEY ACCEPT THEM AND RAISE THE ISSUE OF WHAT HAPPENED OR SHOULD THEY REFUSE TO GO? >> BARBARA, I THINK IT'S A VERY PERSONAL...
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| 00:39:31 |
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BELIEVE THAT TALKING AND BRINGING THESE MATTERS UP WITH HIM WOULD BE OF -- WOULD BE BENEFICIARY. IT'S REALLY A PERSONAL DECISION BUT I KNOW THAT I...
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| 00:40:18 |
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IN ALL OF
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| 00:40:21 |
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THESE ARRESTS. WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND THE NONGOVERNMENTAL COMMUNITY CAN
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AND SHOULD BE DOING
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| 00:40:30 |
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TO TRY TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE UNDER ARREST? AND DO YOU THINK THAT TALKING UNCONDITIONALLY AT THIS TIME IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE INTERNAL SITUATION THAT MIGHT...
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| 00:41:26 |
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UNUSUAL TIMES. I MEAN, WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN IRAN, AND I THINK A BIT OF RESTRAIN MAYBE WOULD HAVE HELPED. BUT THE UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN...
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| 00:42:51 |
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EDUCATIONALLY, POLITICALLY AND OTHERWISE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ACTUALLY, IRANIAN WOMEN HAVE BEEN TALKING, I THINK, FOR MAYBE THE LAST 70 YEARS AND...
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| 00:43:22 |
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WERE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM. BUT THERE IS AN AWARENESS IN THE REGION BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF EDUCATION, BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE-EDUCATED WOMEN THAT THEY WOULD...
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| 00:44:31 |
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RETALIATION. WHAT LESSONS DO YOU TAKE FROM THIS FOR THE NEXT HALEH ESFANDIARI VICTIM IN IRAN? >> FIRST OF ALL, I HOPE THERE WON'T BE A NEXT HALEH ESFANDIARI...
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| 00:45:01 |
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MILLION TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY IN IRAN WAS NOT APPRECIATED NOR WELCOMED BY NGOs BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THAT THEY WERE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE WITHOUT ANY SUPPORT...
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| 00:46:09 |
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AND STUDY THERE? AND DO WORK IN THAT COUNTRY? >> AMERICAN SCHOLARS? OR -- >> OR
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| 00:46:18 |
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IRANIAN SCHOLARS, FOLKS IN YOUR OWN POSITION WHO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK. >> I SEE. I SEE. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ANSWER. I HAVE VERY STRONG...
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| 00:46:37 |
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DON'T GO BACK TO IRAN BREAKS
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| 00:46:39 |
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MY HEART, BUT I THINK THESE ARE NOT NORMAL CONDITIONS AND ARE NOT NORMAL TIMES. AND I
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| 00:46:47 |
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WOULD WAIT A LITTLE BIT AND SEE HOW THINGS WILL DEVELOP AND THEN DECIDE WHETHER IT'S THE RIGHT TIME TO GO OR NOT. >> LET THEM TAKE ONE MORE QUESTION....
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ONE, THE HEALTH MINISTER? >> THIS WAS NOT AN
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| 00:47:22 |
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INVOVATETIVE MOVEMENT. SO APPOINTING A WOMAN AS A MEMBER OF THE CABINET WAS IN MY OPINION 30 YEARS TOO LATE. THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE IT IMMEDIATELY AFTER...
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| 00:47:48 |
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MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR MEN AND WOMEN WHEN SHE WAS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, BUT HAVING SAID THAT, I THINK IT MAKES -- IT'S A WELCOMED STEP. IT SETS A PRECEDENT...
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| 00:48:27 |
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WE THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. I THINK IT WAS A MARVELOUS -- [APPLAUSE] >>
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| 00:48:33 |
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| 00:48:35 |
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HALEH ESFANDIARI HAS WORKED AS A JOURNALIST IN IRAN AND IS THE
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| 00:48:46 |
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AUTHOR OF "RECONSTRUCTED LIVES: WOMEN AND IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTION." SHE'S THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF THE WOODROW WILSON'S CENTER MIDDLE EAST PROGRAM....
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| 00:49:03 |
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THE SOUTH CAROLINA BOOK FESTIVAL TALKING WITH FORMER SENATOR ERNEST FRITZ HOLLINGS ABOUT
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