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Stories by Fatemeh Haghighatjoo
Dr. Fatemeh Haghighatjoo is a Visiting Scholar at MIT's Center for International Studies. A native of Tehran, she was elected to the Majlis in 2000 and served for four years. This article was translated from Farsi by Negar Mortazavi.
