Demonstrators carry banners and pictures of Mir Hossein Mousavi, the defeated reformist candidate, during a march on Karimkhan Street, Tehran, 17th June 2009.

Finding Peace After Exile from Iran, Deb Perelman's Latkes, and Becoming Richard Pryor

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 12, 2014

Iranian journalist Nazila Fathi's new book about covering the Iranian protests in 2009, and being forced to flee the country. Meline Toumani tries to confront the Armenian issue in Turkey, living there for four years. Deb Perelman, author of The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook, on Hanukkah cooking. And Scott Saul discusses his new biography of Richard Pryor.

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