Ahmad Sadri

Ahmad Sadri is Professor of Sociology and James P Gorter Chair of Islamic World Studies at Lake Forest College.

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Ahmad Sadri is Professor of Sociology and James P Gorter Chair of Islamic World Studies at Lake Forest College.

There are no true checks and balances within the Islamic Republic.

The Iranian leadership was struggling with a major legitimacy crisis when Trump came to its rescue.

The protests are not the product of political games or foreign influence, but of dysfunction in the Islamic Republic.