Iran and the United States are on a collision course. David Barsamian presents the perspectives of four experts on Iran who discuss the 1953 CIA coup and the rise of the Islamic regime, Iran's internal dynamics and competing forces, relations with Iraq and Afghanistan, and the consequences of US policy. Ervand Abrahamian authoredIran Between Two Revolutions. Noam Chomsky's most recent book isFailed States. Nahid Mozaffari edited theThe PEN Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature. David Barsamian's books includeImperial Ambitions with Noam Chomsky andOriginal Zinn with Howard Zinn.