Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett on Iran in the Charlie Rose show
Interviewer and broadcast journalist Charlie Rose put the former CIA analyst on the roundtable to discuss about latest Iran's situation right after the Iranian New Year Nowruz. The two guests strongly support Ahmadinejad. They also indicate that they have recently (two weeks earlier) visited Iran and met many people, including some Iranian Revolutionary Guard officials.
However, Scott Lucas reacted to this programme very harshly and wrote in the comment section:
Sadly, I found little of value in this platform for the Leveretts, and indeed in almost all of their commentary in recent months. For me, this is polemic posing as analysis, distinguished by unsupported speculation, misrepresentations, and frequent distortions.See the full interview @ Charlie Rose Show
The Leverett offer little support for their assertions about Iran’s internal politics, some of which are wildly off the mark. Unfortunately, in contrast to the normal excellent of this programme, I found Mr Rose and his researchers ill-prepared to confront the Leveretts' misleading claims.
