Iranian Revolution? Expert, Reza Aslan, Says Don’t Hold Your Breath…Thoughts?

“If you are looking for a new revolution in Iran, you can stop holding your breath now because it’s not going to happen,” says religious scholar and author Reza Aslan. However, Aslan does predict dramatic political change on the horizon. His advice to the United States? Stop isolating Iran.

Watch this video as Reza Aslan talks about Iran, regime, demographics and how the US can help bring change in Iran.

Reza Aslan is a writer and scholar of religions. Born in Iran, Aslan is currently a research associate at the University of Southern California’s Center on Public Diplomacy. He was a visiting assistant professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern studies at the University of Iowa and the Truman Capote Fellow in Fiction at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. A frequent commentator on television, radio, and in print, Aslan is a graduate of Santa Clara University, Harvard University, and the University of Iowa. He is the author of No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam and How to Win a Cosmic War: Why We’re Losing the War on Terror.