THE DIALOGUE THAT MUST NOT BE REFUSED AGAIN
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In September 2001, as the rubble of the Twin Towers still smoldered and the logic of civilizational war was becoming American policy, Iran’s President Mohammad Khatami rose before a United Nations conference and made a different argument. The UN General Assembly had just endorsed his country’s proposal for a Dialogue of Civilizations. The moment, Khatami said, […]