WASHINGTON - JUNE 24: (L-R) Iranian-American author and journalist Hooman Majd, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA), ranking member Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) and Michael Singh, former senior director for Middle East affairs on the National Security Council, participate in a committee hearing about the current political crisis in Iran on Capitol Hill June 24, 2009 in Washington, DC. Kerry changed the format of the hearing to be more like a round-table discussion focusing on current state of politics in Iran, including the crackdown of opposition protests by government police and paramilitary. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

WASHINGTON - JUNE 24: (L-R) Iranian-American author and journalist Hooman Majd, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA), ranking member Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) and Michael Singh, former senior director for Middle East affairs on the National Security Council, participate in a committee hearing about the current political crisis in Iran on Capitol Hill June 24, 2009 in Washington, DC. Kerry changed the format of the hearing to be more like a round-table discussion focusing on current state of politics in Iran, including the crackdown of opposition protests by government police and paramilitary.

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