Author

Ali M. Ansari

Ali M. Ansari is Reader in Modern History at the University of St Andrews and Director of the Institute for Iranian Studies, and Associate Fellow of the Middle East Program at the Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House). His most recent book is "Confronting Iran: The Failure of American Foreign Policy and the Next Great Crisis in the Middle East" (Basic Books, 2006).

A Master Narrative About Iran Emerges

‘… the surplus of news outlets has had the paradoxical effect of increasing our information and reducing our knowledge.’