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...g “Land of thesNobles.” This is by no means unusual, as most ancient peoples thought of themselves asssuperior to all other people, if not as the center of the universe and their God’s chosenspeople (=-=Strauss 1959-=-, Falk 2010a). The ancient Greeks called anyone who could not speak their language barbaroi, the Slavs called the Germans nyemtsi (mute), the Romans calledsall the “savage” people on the eastern outsk...

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...blem: studying the minds ofsIslamic fanatics and terrorists (Falk 2008), attempting a psychobiography of PresidentsMahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran (Boyles 2006, Küntzel 2006, Leeden 2006, Hitchcock 2007,s=-=Jafarzadeh 2007-=-, Alexander & Hoenig 2008, Naji 2008), examining the long history of Iransfrom a psychoanalytic viewpoint (to the best of my knowledge this has yet to be done),sstudying the minds of those who contemp...

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...choanalytic viewpoint (to the best of my knowledge this has yet to be done),sstudying the minds of those who contemplate nuclear warfare (Kull 1988), and studyingsthe roots of Iran’s rage at America (=-=Lewis 1990-=-, Kull 2011). In the pages that follow, I shallsattempt to walk some of these avenues into a psychoanalytic exploration of this terrifyingspuzzle.sIn a classic example of ethnocentrism, the ancient Pe...

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...008, Naji 2008), examining the long history of Iransfrom a psychoanalytic viewpoint (to the best of my knowledge this has yet to be done),sstudying the minds of those who contemplate nuclear warfare (=-=Kull 1988-=-), and studyingsthe roots of Iran’s rage at America (Lewis 1990, Kull 2011). In the pages that follow, I shallsattempt to walk some of these avenues into a psychoanalytic exploration of this terrifyin...

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...cs and terrorists (Falk 2008), attempting a psychobiography of PresidentsMahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran (Boyles 2006, Küntzel 2006, Leeden 2006, Hitchcock 2007,sJafarzadeh 2007, Alexander & Hoenig 2008, =-=Naji 2008-=-), examining the long history of Iransfrom a psychoanalytic viewpoint (to the best of my knowledge this has yet to be done),sstudying the minds of those who contemplate nuclear warfare (Kull 1988), an...

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...erican servicemen.sHumiliation is very much on Ahmadinejad’s mind. The American psychoanalyst andspolitical psychologist Stanley Renshon, the author of a highly laudatory biography ofsGeorge W. Bush (=-=Renshon 2004-=-), seems to have overlooked the crucial importance of thississue when devoted his “Political Psychology” blog of May 10, 2006 to refutingsAhmadinejad’s statements in his letter to Bush:sIt’s not only ...

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...viewpoint (to the best of my knowledge this has yet to be done),sstudying the minds of those who contemplate nuclear warfare (Kull 1988), and studyingsthe roots of Iran’s rage at America (Lewis 1990, =-=Kull 2011-=-). In the pages that follow, I shallsattempt to walk some of these avenues into a psychoanalytic exploration of this terrifyingspuzzle.sIn a classic example of ethnocentrism, the ancient Persians thou...

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...ere are several avenues to explore this problem: studying the minds ofsIslamic fanatics and terrorists (Falk 2008), attempting a psychobiography of PresidentsMahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran (Boyles 2006, =-=Küntzel 2006-=-, Leeden 2006, Hitchcock 2007,sJafarzadeh 2007, Alexander & Hoenig 2008, Naji 2008), examining the long history of Iransfrom a psychoanalytic viewpoint (to the best of my knowledge this has yet to be ...

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...t followed the 2009 vote, Khameneiswas taking aim at his once favorite political son, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whosbetrayed no emotion as he sat with dignitaries in the front row of the crowd” (=-=Dehghanpisheh 2012-=-).sThe power struggle between the elder ayatollah and the younger president had peaked atsa very dangerous time for Iran and for the world, when Israel was quite seriouslysconsidering a military strik...

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...r. It makes no secret of itsswish to destroy Israel and punish America. The Italian journalist Arturo Diaconale hasspublished a book about a nuclear holocaust involving a war between Iran and Israel (=-=Diaconale 2006-=-).sThe Middle East, of which Iran is part (and which it wants to dominate), is considered thesmost unstable, dangerous and volatile part of the world today. Gilles Keppel, a Frenchsscholar of the Arab...

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... that one Muslim regime threatens the security of our world and the existence ofsour species? There are several avenues to explore this problem: studying the minds ofsIslamic fanatics and terrorists (=-=Falk 2008-=-), attempting a psychobiography of PresidentsMahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran (Boyles 2006, Küntzel 2006, Leeden 2006, Hitchcock 2007,sJafarzadeh 2007, Alexander & Hoenig 2008, Naji 2008), examining the lo...

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...sNobles.” This is by no means unusual, as most ancient peoples thought of themselves asssuperior to all other people, if not as the center of the universe and their God’s chosenspeople (Strauss 1959, =-=Falk 2010-=-a). The ancient Greeks called anyone who could not speak their language barbaroi, the Slavs called the Germans nyemtsi (mute), the Romans calledsall the “savage” people on the eastern outskirts of the...

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...ken sanctions in exchange for thespromise of more meetings. A negotiation conducted by America and Europe thatseases pressure only as a reward for compliance would send a final signal ofsseriousness (=-=Gerson 2012-=-).sUnfortunately, Gerson’s analysis is based on the implicit assumption of rationality on thespart of the current Iranian leaders. It ignores their profound feelings of humiliation andstheir need to u...

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...explore this problem: studying the minds ofsIslamic fanatics and terrorists (Falk 2008), attempting a psychobiography of PresidentsMahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran (Boyles 2006, Küntzel 2006, Leeden 2006, =-=Hitchcock 2007-=-,sJafarzadeh 2007, Alexander & Hoenig 2008, Naji 2008), examining the long history of Iransfrom a psychoanalytic viewpoint (to the best of my knowledge this has yet to be done),sstudying the minds of ...

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...l avenues to explore this problem: studying the minds ofsIslamic fanatics and terrorists (Falk 2008), attempting a psychobiography of PresidentsMahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran (Boyles 2006, Küntzel 2006, =-=Leeden 2006-=-, Hitchcock 2007,sJafarzadeh 2007, Alexander & Hoenig 2008, Naji 2008), examining the long history of Iransfrom a psychoanalytic viewpoint (to the best of my knowledge this has yet to be done),sstudyi...

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... ... And,salong with the grand but vague terms noted above the letter is riddled withsmisinformation, misunderstanding and disingenuousness that makes it hard tosfollow much less fully understand ...(=-=Renshon 2006-=-, May 10, italics added).sIt is not the task of a political psychologist to point out the errors in a political leader’ssstatement and to refute them. It is rather to try to explain the psychology of ...