Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He is the author of over eighteen books, including Iran: A People Interrupted.
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/24/hamid_dabshai_on_iran_protests_this
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/behind-the-protests-social-upheaval-in-iran/#hamid
