“The fact that the American government has formally set aside an enormous yearly budget of nearly $75 million to increase cultural exchanges in order to bring about what it calls "regime change" has muddied the waters and complicated American Studies in Iran more than anything else.” FactsGovernmentOrderWaterMillionsStudyIncreaseComplicatedEnormousBudgetsIranRegimesAmerican GovernmentRegime ChangeCultural Exchange Author:Mohammad Marandi
“In my opinion, the continued popularity of these gross distortions of Iran in the U.S. seems to reveal more about certain aspects of America than about Iran. It seems that the popularity of these memoirs is largely due to the fact that, while claiming to do the opposite, they regularly reinforce the dominant representations of Iran in America by constructing an exotic, backward, and barbaric Iran principally based on U.S. archives.” FactsSeemsAmericaCertainOpinionAspectOppositesDuesMemoirIranPopularityRepresentationDominantGrossExoticDistortionArchivesBarbaric Author:Mohammad Marandi
“However, unlike some of my friends and students, I don't think it's a laughing matter. I think it is frightening to see what outrageous stories can be told in the United States and then are accepted by many educated people and academics as facts. Movies get awards, books become best sellers, heroes are made, and people become wealthy as a result of dishonest caricatures of Iranian people and society.” PeopleThinkingMadeBookMatterStatesFactsStoriesUnitedResultsUnited StatesLaughingStudentsHeroMy FriendsAcceptedEducatedWealthyAwardsFrighteningOutrageousIranianCaricaturesSellersBest Sellers Author:Mohammad Marandi