The cataclysmic shift the clerical regime brought to my homeland and the region over 30 years ago was immediate. The destabilization of the Middle East began as soon as the revolutionary regime of Iran established itself and set out to implement its foremost mission: to export its brand of Islamic rule and Revolution beyond Iran's borders, targeting the Middle East first.

Iran: Unleashing Her Potential Through Freedom, Democracy and Human Rights, Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium, Johns Hopkins University, Oct. 12, 2010.