Richard Nelson Frye devoted his life to Persian history and asked to be buried in Isfahan, but Iran’s hard-liners refused. As Iran and the United States fight a widening war, his story offers a parable of a relationship surrendered to hard-liners.
Kourosh Ziabari
Kourosh Ziabari is a journalist and media studies researcher based in New York. A World Press Institute fellow with the University of St. Thomas, he contributes to New Lines Magazine, The American Conservative, and Foreign Policy, among others.
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