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The Show: Patrick Cockburn and Jahangir Golestan-Parast

Patrick Cockburn and Jahangir Golestan-Parast will be the featured guests on the Scott Horton Show at Antiwar Radio, Wednesday, June 11th.

Patrick Cockburn will be discussing a pending agreement between the United States and Iraq regarding prolonging the U.S. military presence in Iraq at 12:00PM Eastern.

Jahangir Golestan-Parast will be discussing his 2006 documentary movie, “Bam 6.6” at 1:15PM Eastern.

Patrick Cockburn has been a Middle East correspondent since 1979 for the Financial Times, and presently, for The Independent. Cockburn has written five books on Iraq including The Occupation: War and Resistance in Iraq, Two, Out of the Ashes, The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein, Saddam Hussein: An American Obssession, and Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia revival and the Struggle for Iraq.

Jahangir Golestan-Parast is an independent filmmaker. An international financier and a student of film making at UCLA, Jahangir’s first documentary “ Isfahan , A City Known as Half the World” was based on the city of his birth and released in 1997. Expanding that effort into a series known as “The Essence of Iran Series”, “Iran, a Video Journey” was released in 2000 and captures the life of a typical modern-day Iranian. Both films have achieved critical acclaim and accolades. He is the producer and director of his latest documentary movie, “Bam 6.6.”

The Scott Horton Show airs Monday through Friday from 12PM-2PM Eastern on KAOS 92.7FM. Additional feeds and archives available at Antiwar Radio.

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