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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (R) with Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as the new government is presented after the Iranian Revolution. (Photo by Alain Dejean/Sygma via Getty Images)
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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (R) with Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as the new government is presented after the Iranian Revolution. (Photo by Alain Dejean/Sygma via Getty Images)
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Director of the American Foreign Policy Council’s Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Central Asia-Caucasus Inst. & Silk Road Studies Program
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