The Iran Crisis #17: Richard Falk on his Meeting with Khomeini, International Law & More

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Helena Cobban interviews Richard Falk about his meeting with Khomeini and the current state of international law and nuclear non-proliferation.

In this episode of the Iran Crisis series, Helena Cobban sat down with Professor Richard Falk, international law scholar and JWE board member, for a wide-ranging conversation that spanned nearly five decades of history. Recorded on April 29, the discussion moved from a remarkable personal meeting he had with Ayatollah Khomeini in January 1979 to the crisis of international law and the nuclear non-proliferation debate that are both unfolding right now. This was latest episode i...

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Host: Helena Cobban

Guest: Richard Falk

Topics covered

• Iran Crisis
• International Law
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation
• History
• Politics

Keywords

• Iran
• Khomeini
• Richard Falk
• international law
• nuclear non-proliferation
• politics
• history

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