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Tehran, 2006 ABBAS / MAGNUM The heartbreak of hoping for a democratic Iran Like Donald Trump, I, too, once underestimated the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the fall of 2004, as an underemployed freelance journalist drawn to heady stories about international politics, I had the bright idea of traveling to the notoriously closed country on a tourist visa. Press visas for Iran were hard to come by, and my travel was exploratory— I had no particular assignment. My profile was low, I figured. Who would care if, between the obligatory sightseeing expeditions, I rattled around Iranian cities meeting political analysts, philosophers, students, filmmakers, and the relatives of Iranian expats I knew? …
摘自《大西洋月刊》(The Atlantic)2026年5月5日,Laura Secor。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。