ervand abrahamian, a distinguished professor at baruch college, cuny. iran, between two revolutions published in 1982 and widely regarded as a magisterial reference point. the communism on the islamic republic is in published in 1993. tortured confessions, prisons and public presentations in modern peron published in 1999. most recently a history of modern air ron. teaches the iranian and middle eastern studies at rutgers university and is a frequent contributor to a range of publications including tehran bureau. per current research interests include political art and music in tehran, women engender in fundamentalist religious communities in north america and women's rights movements in iran and that global comparative context. nader hashemi teaches middle east and islamic politics at the joseph cornell's school of international studies at the university of denver, the author of islam sector listen and liberal democracy toward a democratic theory for muslim societies published in 2009 and is, as mentioned, mike coeditor on "the people reloaded." before