Michael Axworthy

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Referenced when discussing whether the Shah could have changed the outcome by cracking down, with the host noting Axworthy's point that 'even if the Shah had not been ill, what would he have done? Where is the magic wand that would have sorted things out?'

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Described as having written 'a brilliant book on the Iranian Revolution,' cited regarding the likely exaggerated death toll reports from the January 1978 Qom protests.