Hooman Majd
Hooman Majd
Hooman Majd, born 1957 in Tehran, is an Iranian-American journalist, author, and commentator who writes on Iranian affairs. He is based in New York City and regularly travels to Iran...
NationalityIranian
ProfessionJournalist
couple money publishing stories
I got a couple of stories published, but the kind of money you were making for publishing a short story, I could see I wasn't going to make a living at it.
acts approved assigned foreign
Foreign journalists have to have an approved interpreter assigned them, which they have to pay for, who also acts as guide. As an Iranian, even writing for foreign media, I've been mercifully unrestricted.
government inside people quite reverse
Inside Iran, people are actually quite well-educated about America. There are things they don't understand, particularly in the government, but the people, by and large, know the American sensibility quite well, and the reverse is not true.
iran people iranian
There's a lack of knowledge about Iran and the Iranian people.
real political intention
Americans tend not to distinguish between political rhetoric and real intentions, which can lead to great misunderstanding.