DURHAM, N.C. - Four scholars from Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will discuss Iran's contested 10th presidential elections and their aftermath during a panel discussion from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3, at Duke.

The event, "The Iranian Political Crisis: Duke and UNC Perspectives," is free and open to the public. The discussion begins at noon in the Rare Book Room in Perkins Library, on Duke's West Campus.

Panelists include Mark Emamian, a physics engineer at Duke; Mohsen Kadivar, an Iranian scholar and visiting professor in religion at Duke; Charles Kurzman, a sociology professor specializing in Islamic affairs from UNC-Chapel Hill and Negar Mottahedeh, associate professor of literature and women's studies at Duke.

The event is sponsored by the Duke Islamic Studies Center and the Duke Human Rights Center.

Parking is available for a fee in the visitor lot on Science Drive or the Bryan Center Parking Garage. For additional information, visit www.jhfc.duke.edu/disc/.