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Shiraz Hajiani's research has focused on the history of the Nizari Ismaili polity in Iran and the socio-religious and political developments in this community.
Charles Hecker is an independent consultant and writer who spent decades working and traveling in Russia as a journalist and geopolitical risk consultant.
