Reviews of my first book, the Shadow Commander:
- London Times, by James Barr, December 18, 2020
- Tablet Magazine, by Peter Theroux, January 8, 2021
- Diplomatic Courier, by Joshua Huminski, November 21, 2020
- A tweet by Paulo Coelho, December 17, 2020
- New Arab by Paul McLoughlin, March 23, 2022
- Paradigm Shift (Pakistan) by Muhammad Osama Asghar, March 10, 2022
- Middle East Journal, by Ali Alavi, Spring 2021
- Historiek (Dutch), by Jona Lendering, May 16, 2021
- Be Pish (Persian), May 13, 2021
- Chandra Mauli Singh (India), March 31, 2021
- The Fathom Journal, by Kyle Orton, March, 2021
- Times of Israel, by Sheldon Kirshner, February 7, 2021
- Politique étrangère (French) by Morgan Paglia, February 2021
- European Eye on Radicalization, by Paul Iddon, January 17, 2021
- Information.dk (Danish), by Misha Zand, January 15, 2021
- Independent (Arabic), by Sawsanna Mehanna, January 11, 2021
- IranWire (English), by Faramarz Davar, January 4, 2021
- IranWire (Persian), by Faramarz Davar, January 4, 2021
- Independent (Persian), by Khalid Khosrow, December 28, 2020
- Al Bawaba, by Nicholas Pritchard, December 17, 2020
- Middle East Monitor , by Usman Butt, November 17, 2020
Academic Citations:
Check out GoogleScholar for my citations
Some examples that are not there:
- Cited in the article “Sociological Nature of Iranian Cinema: From Constitutional to The Islamic Revolution” by Mohammad Saberi, Mehmet Sezaiturk and Nuroddin Razavizade, Palarch’s Journal of Archaeology of Eypt/Egyptology, 17/9, 2020
- Cited in the article “LE VIRUS DE LA CRISE EN RÉPUBLIQUE ISLAMIQUE” by Clement Therme, « Études », 2020/7
- Cited in the book chapter “Authoritarian Response to the Pandemic — Iran ” by Clement Therme, Free Russia Foundation, 2020
- Cited in the article “As sanções econômicas estadunidenses ao Irã à luz do COVID-19” by Ingrid Marra, Diálogos Internacionais, 2020
- Cited in the article “Iranian minorities in limbo” by Stavros Drakoularakos, Middle East Bulletin, June 2020
- Cited in the article “Iran’da Devlet Sermaye ve Siniflar Nukleer Yaptirimlarin Etkileri” by Gulriz Sen, Alternatif Politika, 2019
- Cited in the book “United States Relations with China and Iran: Toward the Asian Century” edited by Osamah F. Khalil, 2019
- Cited in the book “Temperature Rising: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and Wars in the Middle East” by Nader Uskowi, Rowman and Littlefield, 2019
- Cited in the Phd Thesis entitled “دور الجامعة الإسلامية في المدينة المنورة في إعادة إنتاج الأيديولوجيا الدينية” by Abdolhakim Aboullouz, University of Hassan II, Casablanca
- Cited in the Thesis “The EU’s Normative Power and Its Effectiveness and Coherence with Regards to Iran“, Kyan Mortazavi, supervised by Wolfgang Wessels
- Cited in the article “Chinese-Iranian Mutual Strategic Perceptions” by Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Niv Horesh and Ruike Xu, The China Journal, 2017
- Cited in the book Caring About Hunger by George Kent, Irene Publishing, October 2016
- Cited in the book Reviving Social Democracy: The Near Death and Surprising Rise of the Federal NDP, edited by David Laycock and Lynda Erickson, Published in February, 2015
- Cited in the book The Literature of the Iranian Diaspora: Meaning and Identity Since the Islamic Revolution By Sanaz Fotouhi, I. B. Tauris, February 2015
Podcast presence:
- Guest on Liberties Salon discussing a socialist approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, October 20, 2023
- Guest on the Big Story podcast about Israel-Hamas War, October 11, 2023
- Guest on the anniversary of the protests in Iran, Azad show, (Persian) September 23, 2023
- Guest on Window on the East podcast discussing the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s killing, September 15, 2023
- Guest on Tahrir Podcasts discussing my book the Shadow Commander, June 28, 2023
- Guest on Theory Matters speaking on the Iranian regime, June 25, 2023
- Guest on Al-Monitor’s podcast with Amberin Zaman, discussing Qassem Soleimani, June 15, 2023
- Guest on Independent Persian’s podcast, discussing Iran-Israel relations, April 22, 2023
- Guest on Game On, discussing my book the Shadow Commander, April 15, 2023
- Guest on the Radical Reverend by Cheri DiNovo, discussing Iran , April 4, 2023
- Guest on the podcast Gozaar (Persian) discussing the need for a united front against the Iranian regime, March 1, 2023
- Guest on the Radical Reverend by Cheri DiNovo, discussing protests in Iran, October 14, 2022
- Guest on What is Asia podcast, discussing Communist internationalism in the Middle East, May 12, 2022
- Guest on Independent Persian’s podcast, discussing Russia’s attack on Ukraine, March 3, 2022
- Guest on Healix Global Panorama on Iranian influence in Iraq, February 2022
- Guest on the Newlines podcast on Iranian Elections, July 2, 2021
- Guest on the podcat Parallax Views wit J.G. Michael, discussing my book the Shadow Commander, June 10, 2021
- Guest on the podcast Departures hosted by Robert Amsterdam, discussing my book the Shadow Commander, March 20, 2021
- Guest on the Radical Reverend by Cheri DiNovo, discussing my book the Shadow Commander, February 22, 2021
- Guest on the Loopcast about my book, the Shadow Commander, February 12, 2021
- Guest on the Iranian Studies Collective book chat about my book, the Shadow Commander, December 2020
- Guest on the podcast Angry Planet discussing my book, the Shadow Commander, December 2020
- Guest on the video podcast Mike Live on my book the Shadow Commander, November 2020
- Guest on the podcast Aufhebunga Bunga on my book Shadow Commander, September 2020
- Guest on the history podcast Vaqayename (Persian), Episode four of Iran’s interim government during WWI, July 2020
- Guest on the history podcast Vaqayename (Persian), Episode three of Iran’s interim government during WWI, July 2020
- Guest on the history podcast Vaqayename (Persian), Episode two of Iran’s interim government during WWI, July 2020
- Guest on the history podcast Vaqayename (Persian), Episode one of Iran’s interim government during WWI, June 2020
- Guest on the podcast Evoking History, Iran and the Arab World in the making of Global Sixties, June 2020
- Guest on the podcast Nostalgia Trap podcast, Episode 193: Toward a Global Left, May 2020
- Guest on the podcast Galingor (Persian), History of literary adaptations in Iranian cinema, May 2020
- Guest on the podcast Aufhebunga Bunga on Iranian protests, January 2018
Media presence:
- Guest on Iran International, discussing US-Cuba espionage case, December 5, 2023
- Took part in a Politico panel on Kissinger, November 30, 2023
- Guest on Iran International, discussing Henry Kissinger, November 30, 2023
- Guest on Iran International, discussing the possible military attacks on Iran, November 21, 2023
- Guest on Iran International, discussing Argentine elections, November 20, 2023
- Guest on Iran International discussing the Iranian regime and Israel-Palestine, November 14, 2023
- Guest on Iran International discussing pro-Palestine protests around the world, November 12, 2023
- Guest on Georgian independent channel Formula, discussing Nasrallah’s speech, November 4, 2023
- Guest on RTVI (Russian), on Israel-Hamas War, November 2, 2023
- Quoted in El Espanol on Iran and the region, October 31, 2023
- Quoted in Al Monitor on Amirabdollahian’s trip to Turkey, October 31, 2023
- Quoted in South China Morning Post, October 29, 2023
- Quoted in Berlin Tagesspiegel on Iran, Israel and Palestine, October 27, 2023
- Quoted in Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s story on Iran and Palestine, October 26, 2023
- Guest on Iran International, discussing Hezbollah and the Israel-Hamas war, October 26, 2023
- Guest on i24, discussing Iran and the Israel-Hamas War, October 24, 2023
- Quoted in Stuttgarter Nachrichten, October 23, 2023 (German)
- Guest on Iran International, discussing Israel-Hamas War, October 19, 2023
- Guest on Voice of America, discussing the Israel-Hamas War, October 12, 2023
- Guest on Iran International, discussing regional reactions to Israel-Hamas War, October 11, 2023
- Guest on Iran International, discussing Israel-Palestine, October 11, 2023
- Quoted in Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung on Israel-Palestine, October 8, 2023
- Guest on Iran International discussing Israel-Palestine, October 7, 2023
- Guest on ITV, discussing Narges Mohammadi’s winning of the Nobel prize, October 6, 2023
- Guest on Iran International discussing 1979 revolution, October 2, 2023
- Guest on Iran International discussing UNGA, September 22, 2023
- Quoted in the New Arab story on UNGA, September 20, 2023
- Guest on VOA America, covering UNGA, September 20, 2023
- Spoke to Bulgarian National Radio on anniversary of protests in Iran, September 16, 2023
- Quoted in the NBC story on Mahsa Amini’s killing anniversary, September 15, 2023
- Guest BBC Women’s Hour talking about my book What Iranians Want, September 15, 2023
- Quoted in Taggespiegel on the anniversary of the Iranian uprisings, September 14, 2023
- Quoted in an AFP report on the anniversary of the Women, Life, Freedom movement in Iran, September 12, 2023
- Guest on i24, discussing 9/11 anniversary, September 11, 2023
- Guest on VOA, talking about history of assassinations in Russia and Iran, September 5, 2023
- Quoted in The Jewish Chronicle about the movement in Iran, August 31, 2023
- Guest on i24, discussing repression in Iran, August 29, 2023
- Guest on Iran International, debate on 1953 coup, August 19, 2023
- Guest on Iran International, discussing the 1953 coup, August 18, 2023
- Guest on Iran International, discussing Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, August 10, 2023
- Guest on Afghanistan International, discussing Elizabeth Tsurkov, July 29, 2023
- Guest on i24, discussing Elizabeth Tsurkov, July 20, 2023
- Guest on Iran International, discussing Iraqi banks, July 19, 2023
- Guest on Iran International, discussing Jimmy Carter’s role in 1979, July 19, 2023
- Quoted in New Arab on new sanctions on Iranian missile program, July 19, 2023
- Quoted in Taggesspiegel on new Hijab enforcement in Iran, July 19, 2023
- Interviewed by Die Presse about events in Iran, July 13, 2023
- Guest on i24, discussing kidnapping of Elizabeth Tsurkov, July 6, 2023
- Guest on Iran International, discussing kidnapping of Elizabeth Tsurkov, July 5, 2023
- Guest on Iran International, discussing Israeli raids on Jenin, July 4, 2023
- Guest on Iran International, discussing international day of support for victims of torture, June 26, 2023
- Guest on Iran International, discussing history of synthetic embryo designs, June 16, 2023
- Guest on i24, discussing Iran, June 11, 2023
- Interviewed on VOA about IRGC and Saeed Mohammad, June 9, 2023
- Guest on Rudaw, discussing Iranian-Saudi relations, June 6, 2023
- Guest on N1 TV (Serbia) discussing Iran, May 29, 2023
- Quoted in the National on Shamkhani’s resignation, May 24, 2023
- Guest on i24, discussing Iran’s new head of the national security council, May 23, 2023
- Guest on Iran International, discussing Turkey’s elections, May 13, 2023
- Guest on i24, discussing Iran’s execution of two dissidents, May 8, 2023
- Guest on i24, discussing Iran’s seizure of a tanker, May 3, 2023
- Guest on i24, discussing May Day, May 1, 2023
- Guest on i24, discussing Jafar Panahi, April 27, 2023
- Quoted in Le Point on the Iranian opposition, April 24, 2023
- Quoted in Taggesspiegel on new Hijab rules, April 11, 2023
- Guest on i24, discussing the new Hijab rules in Iran, April 9, 2023
- Guest on The Radical Reverend, CIUT 89.5 FM, discussing Iranian protests with Cheri DiNovo, April 4, 2023
- Quoted in a congressional report on Iran, March 31, 2023
- Guest on Iran International, Discussing Biden’s Middle East policy, March 29, 2023
- Quoted in L’Orient-Le Jour discussing the Iranian revolution, March 15, 2023
- Guest on Independent Persian’s podcast on Israel’s judiciary changes, March 9, 2023
- Quoted in a BBC story about Italian novelist Alba de Cespedes, March 8, 2023
- Spoke in a panel hosted by the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies on Iran-Taliban relations, March 4, 2023
- Quoted in Hill Times story about Iranian opposition and MEK, Feb 22, 2023
- Quoted in an AFP story about Iranian opposition, February 15, 2023
- Quoted in the Intercept about MEK, February 11, 2023
- Guest on Al Hurra (Arabic), discussing Oscars nomination for an Iranian short film, February 1, 2023
- Guest on RITV, discussing US sanctions on Iran for helping Russia, February 1, 2023
- Quoted in an Arab News story on the currency collapse in Iran, January 25, 2023
- Guest on Iran International, discussing Sundance Film Festival, (second spot of the day), January 23, 2023
- Guest on Iran International, discussing the Sundance Film Festival, January 23, 2023
- Quoted by NOS (Dutch) on IRGC’s terror listing, January 19, 2023
- Quoted on the life of Iradj Bagherzadeh, obituary by Farah Abdessamad, January 19, 2023
- Guest on Al-Arabiya (Arabic), discussing EU’s terror listing of IRGC, January 18, 2023
- Guest on Radio Monocle (UK), discussing Iran, January 10, 2023
- Guest on i24, discussing the executions in Iran, January 10, 2023
- Guest on Iran International discussing Hamline’s expulsion of a professor on allegation of Islamophobia, January 9, 2023
- Quoted by Middle East Eye on Iran-Russia Relations, December 28, 2022
- Guest on i24, discussing the Iranian revolution, December 19, 2022
- Quoted in Die Presse (Switzerland, German) on MEK and the Iranian movement, December 19, 2022
- Gust on Al-Hurra (Arabic), discussing protests in Iran, December 19, 2022
- Guest on RITV, discussing protests in Iran, December 15, 2022
- Quoted by Monocle on artists and the Iranian revolution, December 13, 2022
- Quoted in USA today on Iranian regime and Hijab, December 8, 2022
- Interviewed by Dhanik Bhaskar (Hindi), December 6, 2022
- Quoted by Media Line on a strike in Iran, December 6, 2022
- Quoted by NBC on Iranian regime and Hijab, December 5, 2022
- Quoted by Pakistan Today on Soleimani, December 4, 2022
- Quoted by the New Arab, speaking about Iran’s football team in the World Cup, December 3, 2022
- Quoted by Al Arabiya on Iran’s football team in the world cup, November 26, 2022
- Gust on Al-Hurra (Arabic), discussing protests in Iran, November 22, 2022
- Guest on i24, discussing the Iranian revolution, November 21, 2022
- Quoted in Now Lebanon’s story on the movement in Iran, November 16, 2022
- Story by Washington Report on Middle Eastern Affairs about a talk I gave in DC, November 12, 2022
- Interviewed by Al Jazeera Arabic on state of Iranian media, November 10, 2022
- Guest on i24, discussing nuclear talks, Iranian plans against Saudis and protests in Iran, November 3, 2022
- Guest on Al-Hadath (Arabic), discussing protests in Iran, October 31, 2022
- Quoted in Ami Magazine on Iran, October 26, 2022
- Quoted in Tagesspiegel on Iran, October 24, 2022 (German)
- Quoted in Handelsblatt on Iran, October 24, 2022 (German)
- Quoted in Rheinpfalz on Iran, October 23, 2022 (German)
- Quoted in the National on celebrities supporting Iranian protests, October 21, 2022
- VOA’s coverage of my talk at CSIS, October 19, 2022
- Spoke at an event in Center for Stragetic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, October 19, 2022
- Gust on Al-Hurra (Arabic), discussing protests in Iran, October 18, 2022
- Quoted in NRC about Iran’s revolutionary protests, October 14, 2022 (Dutch)
- Interviewed by Denik Referendum on Iran’s protests, October 10, 2022 (Czech)
- Quoted in Arab News’s story on Iranian protests, October 6, 2022
- Quoted in Fanack’s story on Iranian women’s protests, October 5, 2022
- Guest on i24, discussing protests in Iran, October 3, 2022
- Quoted in New Arab’s report on priests in Iran, September 30, 2022
- Guest on i24, discussing protests in Iran, September 30, 2022
- Guest on Deutsche Welle, discussing protests in Iran, September 29, 2022
- Quoted by Die Presse in a story about protests in Iran, September 26, 2022
- Guest on Al-Hurra (Arabic), discussing protests in Iran, September 26, 2022
- Guest on i24, discussing protests in Iran, September 26, 2022
- Interview with Politico (Portugal) about protests in Iran, September 24, 2022 (Portuogese)
- Guest on Iran International, speaking on protests in Iran, September 22, 2022
- Guest on Voice of America, speaking on sidelines of the UN General Assembly, September 21, 2022
- Guest on Iran International, Sidelines of United Nations General Assembly, September 20, 2022
- Quoted by Miss (Austria), on protests in Iran, September 16, 2022
- Guest on Iran International, on passing of Elizabeth II, September 8, 2022
- Guest on Iran International, debating Iran and monarchy, August 17, 2022
- Guest on i24’s Global Eye, discussing free speech and the attack on Salman Rushdie, August 16, 2022
- Guest on i24, discussing the attack on Salman Rushdie, August 13, 2022
- Guest on BBC Persian, discussing Israeli attacks on Gaza, August 2, 2022
- Guest on i24, discussing the Iranian nuclear program, July 17, 2022
- Guest on Iran International, discussing Biden’s visit to the Middle East, July 16, 2022
- Guest on i24, discussing Biden’s visit to the Middle East, July 13, 2022
- Guest on i24, discussing arrests and protests in Iran, July 10, 2022
- Guest on i24, discussing Iranian economic conditions, June 19, 2022
- Quoted in New Arab, commenting on Iran-Russia relations, June 13, 2022
- Guest on i24, discussing the killing of an Iranian commander, June 13, 2022
- Guest on i24’s Global Eye, discussing Iran-Israel clashes, June 6, 2022
- Guest on i24, discussing Iranian protests, May 30, 2022
- Guest on i24, discussing Iranian protests, May 15, 2022
- Guest on i24’s Global Eye, Discussing threat of nuclear attacks and impartiality in journalism, May 2, 2022
- Quoted in Al Monitor’s story on Iran’s new ambassador to Iraq, April 13, 2022
- Guest on Deutsche Welle, speaking about Iran’s attack on alleged Israeli base in Iraq, March 13, 2022
- Quoted in Now Lebanon on the sanctions on Iran and Russia, March 7, 2022
- Guest on Iran International’s Titre Aval hosted by Niusha Saremi, discussing Russia and Ukraine (Persian), February 19, 2022
- Interviewed by Raseef 22 on Iran’s presence in the region, February 15, 2022
- Interviewed on Voice of America about the Iranian regime’s presence in the West, January 27, 2022
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Medium), interviewed about the Sardari Project, January 27, 2022
- Quoted in Haaretz about the Sardari Project, January 26, 2022
- Guest on Iran International’s Titre Aval hosted by Niusha Saremi, discussing Russia-Ukraine history of tensions, January 26, 2022
- Guest on Israel’s i24, Discussing Iran-Saudi conversations, January 19, 2022
- Cited by New Arab on a story about Helen Mirren’s casting for Golda Meir, January 5, 2022
- Guest on Israel’s i24, discussing Qassem Soleimani, January 3, 2022
- Guest on Akhbar Alaan, discussing Qassem Soleimani, January 3, 2022
- Quoted by The National on Qassem Soleimani’s life and legacy, January 3, 2022
- Discussing Qassem Soleimani’s myths on Radio Farda, January 3, 2022
- Discussing Qassem Soleimani’s legacy on Iran International’s Cheshamndaz show, January 3, 2022
- Cited by the Times on Qassem Soleimani, December 27, 2021
- Guest on Iran International’s Titre Aval hosted by Niusha Saremi, discussing anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union, December 25, 2021
- Guest on Iran International’s Titre Aval hosted by Niusha Saremi, discussing North Korea (Persian), December 18, 2021
- Mentioned by Voice of America, regarding my speaking on a panel on Iranian foreign policy history, December 12, 2021 (Persian)
- Guest on Turkey’s A News program, The Edge, discussing Iranian nuclear talks, December 6, 2021
- Guest on Turkey’s A News program, The Edge, discussing Iran-US tensions, November 18, 2021
- Interviewed by LBC on the attack on Iraqi Prime Minister Kadhimi’s residence, November 8, 2021
- Guest on Turkey’s A News program, The Edge, discussing a cyber attack on Iranian gas stations, October 27, 2021
- Guest on Iran International, discussing the Pandora Papers, October 3, 2021
- Guest on Al Hadath (Arabic), discussing report on UK’s role in assassinating Qassem Soleimani, October 3, 2021
- Guest on MENA on the Map, FNF Media, discussing my book the Shadow Commander, September 13, 2021
- Guest on Turkey’s A News program, The Edge, discussing the IAEA and Iran, September 13, 2021
- Guest on Iran International, discussing Venice Film Festival of 2021 (Persian), September 12, 2021
- Quoted in Der Tagesspiegel on Ebrahim Raisi (German), August 26, 2021
- Guest on Al-Arabiya on Ebrahim Rayisi (Arabic), August 22, 2021
- Interviewed by Qoqnoos publications on Iranian modernity and a book by Touraj Atabaki that I translated, August 17, 2021
- Interviewed by Voice of America on my investigation on Farokhzad’s assassination, August 8, 2021
- Quoted in Wall Street Journal’s story about Ebrahim Raisi, August 5, 2021
- Interviewed by LBC on the hijacking of a tanker near UAE coast, August 3, 2021
- Quoted in Deutsche Welle on Iran’s new internet bill (German), July 31, 2021
- Guest on Turkey’s A News, discussing the Iranian protests, July 26, 2021
- Quoted in Now Lebanon’s analysis of Iranian militias, July 21, 2021
- Quoted in a Media Line report re-published by Jerusalem Post about Afghanistan, July 16, 2021
- Guest on Iran International on Cuban protest (Persian), July 13, 2021
- My book cited in a piece by Danny Postel, New Politics, July 7, 2021
- Interviewed in Jungleworld on Iranian elections (German), July 1, 2021
- Guest on Al Jazeera on Iranian elections, June 26, 2021
- Quoted in Arab News’s analysis of Iran elections, June 20, 2021
- Guest on Al-Hadath (Arabic) on the Iranian elections, June 19, 2021
- Spoke at a Platypus event, alongside Moshe Machover, and others, on Israel/Palestine, June 19, 2021
- Guest on Turkey’s A News discussing the Iranian elections, June 19, 2021
- Quoted in Now Lebanon’s analysis of Iranian elections, June 18, 2021
- Guest on Commodity Clipp in a chat about Iranian elections, June 10, 2021
- Guest on Turkey’s A News program, The Edge, discussing the Iranian elections, June 7, 2021
- Guest on BBC Persian, discussing Bennet-Lapid’s possible government, May 30, 2021
- Guest on Turkey’s A News discussing the Iranian nuclear talks, May 25, 2021
- Guest on LBC on ceasefire in Israeli-Palestinian conflict, May 20, 2021
- Guest on Iran International, discussing Iran-Palestine relations (Persian), May 17, 2021
- Guest on Kalame TV on Iran-Israel, alongside Mohsen Sazgara, May 16, 2021
- Talk in Persian about my book the Shadow Commander, Left Party of Iran (People’s Fadaian), May 15, 2021
- My book the Shadow Commander mentioned in a film review on RogerEbert.com by Godfrey Cheshire, May 14, 2021
- Guest on Iran International, discussing Israel-Palestine, May 13, 2021
- Guest on Iran International discussing the Israel-Palestine conflict, May 12, 2021
- Guest on Iran International discussing the protests in Karbala, Iraq, May 9, 2021
- Quoted by El Pais on the Zarif tape, April 30, 2021
- Quoted by Media Line on Iran-Saudi talks, April 28, 2021
- Interviewed by Al-Arabiya on Iran’s cyber capabilities, April 29, 2021
- Interviewed by Al-Hadath (Arabic) on the death of IRGC’s Mohammad Hejazi, April 26, 2021
- Guest on Iran International’s Titre Aval hosted by Fardad Farahzad, discussing Cuban Communist Party’s 8th Congress, April 18, 2021
- Quoted in Zenger on UAE’s India-Pakistan meditation role, April 18, 2021
- Guest on Turkey’s A News discussing the conflict between Iran and Israel, April 13, 2021
- Cited in Jerusalem Post on Ali Motahhari’s sexist and racist comments, April 8, 2021
- Speaker on a Carnegie panel on Arab Spring, April 7, 2021
- Guest on Turkey’s A News discussing Iranian nuclear talks in Vienna, April 5, 2021
- Guest on Iran International’s Titre Aval hosted by Fardad Farahzad, discussing events in Jordan, April 5, 2021
- Cited by Hollywood Reporter on casting of United States of Al, March 21, 2021
- Interviewed by BBC Persian on the passing of Tudeh Party leader Ali Khavari, March 22, 2021
- Interviewed by Al-Hadath (Arabic) on Soleimani and his role in Syria, March 15, 2021
- Interviewed by RT on US airstrikes on Syria and sanctions on Iran, February 26, 2021
- Quoted in Hindustan Times, on Khamenei’s fatwa for Hijab in animation films, February 23, 2012
- Interviewed by Deutsche Welle on Iranian nuclear crisis, February 20, 2021
- Cited in Naumann Foundation, Bachar al Halabi, Biden, a Nuclear Deal and Iran’s Presidential Elections, February 12, 2021
- Interviewed by The Lady Show (Asma Wahba) on my book, the Shadow Commander, February 12, 2021
- Quoted in the Media Line, It’s West Versus East in the Battle to Inoculate the Mideast, February 10, 2021
- Guest on Iran International’s Iran In Other Eyes, discussing Iran-US ties, February 9, 2021,
- Guest on Iran International’s Titre Aval hosted by Fardad Farahzad, discussing Rob Malley’s appointment, January 30, 2021
- Spoke about history of Iran’s foreign operations in an event hosted by İran Araştırmaları Merkezi İRAM (Persian), January 26, 2021
- Interviewed by Open Canada about my book, the Shadow Commander, January 25, 2021
- Guest on Al-Hadath, speaking n the IRGC, January 23, 2021
- Interviewed by Sky News Arabia on my book the Shadow Commander, January 23, 2021
- Interview by German Public Radio on my book the Shadow Commander, January 19, 2021
- Interviewed by Al-Arabiya on my book the Shadow Commander, January 17, 2021
- Guest on Al-Hadath on Iran’s military capabilities, January 14, 2021
- Interview by Daraj (video), on my book the Shadow Commander, January 13, 2021
- Interviewed by Daraj on my book the Shadow Commander, January 13, 2021
- Guest on Al-Hurra, Discussing Iran-US relations, January 11, 2021
- Interviewed by Klassekampen (Norwegian) on my book the Shadow Commander, January 8, 2021
- Interviewed by PRI’s The World on the anniversary of Qassem Soleimani’s killing, January 4, 2021
- Guest on Al-Hadath on my book the Shadow Commander, January 3, 2021
- Quoted in Der Tagesspiegel on Soleimani’s assassination anniversary, January 1, 2021
- Mentioned in Kompas (Indonesian) on my book on Soleimani, January 1, 2021
- Quoted in the National on Soleimani’s assassination anniversary, January 1, 2021
- Quoted in Atlantic Council on Qassem Soleimani’s assassination anniversary, January 1, 2021
- Quoted in Newsweek, World a ‘Safer Place’ With Trump Out of Office, Iran Spokesperson Says, December 30, 2020
- Guest on Iran International’s Iran In Other Eyes, December 29, 2020, discussing Iran-US relations throughout 2020
- Quoted in New Arab on Iran and Latin America, December 18, 2020
- Guest on Al-Hurra, on Ruhollah Zam’s execution in Iran, December 12 2020
- My book cited in a piece by Fobres on assassinations, December 8, 2020
- Interview with RT’s Going Underground on my book, the Shadow Commander, December 7, 2020
- Guest on Iran International’s Iran In Other Eyes, discussing Iran and Iraq, December 4, 2020
- Quoted in Al Jazeera, US-Iraq story, December 3, 2020
- Guest on Turkey’s A News discussing Farkhizadeh’s assassination, November 30, 2020
- Quoted in NBC on Fakhrizadeh’s assassination, November 28, 2020
- Quoted in Prudent News Agency, on Maradona’s death, November 26, 2020
- Guest on NewsTalk FM, discussing my book the Shadow Commander, November 18, 2020
- Guest on Iran International’s Iran In Other Eyes, November 17, 2020, discussing Biden and Iran
- Guest on LBC on reports that Trump wanted to attack Iran, November 16, 2020
- Guest on Iran International’s Iran In Other Eyes, November 6, 2020, discussing Iran and US elections
- Guest on Iran International discussing US elections, November 6, 2020, 10:30 am Tehran time
- Guest on Iran International discussing US elections, November 6, 2020, 9:30 am Tehran time
- Quoted in New Arab, Arab, Black, Muslim voters ‘swung Michigan for Biden’, early polling shows, November 5 2020
- Guest on Iran International discussing US elections, November 5, 2020
- Spoke in an event hosted by the Community College of Philadelphia on US Elections, October 22, 2020
- Quoted in the Media Line, Iran Policy Most Definitely on Ballot in US Election, October 21, 2020
- Quoted in the National Herald (Greece) on Gal Gadot’s casting of Cleopatra, October 20, 2020
- Quoted in Al Quds al Arabi (Arabic) on Iranian woman arrested for cycling without Hijab, October 20, 2020
- Quoted in Times of Israel on an Iranian woman arrested for cycling without Hijab, October 20, 2020
- Guest on Iran International’s Iran In Other Eyes, Discussing end of the arms embargo on Iran, October 20, 2020
- Quoted in Popdust on Gal Gadot’s casting of Cleopatra, October 19, 2020
- Guest on Iran International’s Titre Aval hosted by Fardad Farahzad, discussing Pence-Harris debate, October 7, 2020
- Guest on Iran International’s Titre Aval hosted by Fardad Farahzad, discussing Trump-Biden debate, September 30, 2020
- Quoted in the New Arab, Khamenei aide Hossein Dehghan announces bid to become Iran’s next president, September 28, 2020
- Guest on Iran International’s Iran In Other Eyes, Discussing United Nations General Assembly, September 25, 2020
- Guest on Iran International’s Iran In Other Eyes, Discussing Navid Afkari’s execution, September 17, 2020
- Guest on Iran International’s Titre Aval hosted by Fardad Farahzad, discussing Serbia and Kosovo, September 5, 2020
- Quoted in “This Park is My Office.” Wall Street Journal, August 28, 2020
- Quoted in “Iranian Canadian Says Iran Detained Him, Tried to Force Him to Be a Spy.” Vice News, 25 August, 2020
- Guest of Al-Jazeera, the Stream, 0n Iran hostage crisis, 9 August 2020
- Guest on LBC on Beirut blasts, 5 August 2020
- Guest on LBC on Beirut blasts, 4 August 2020
- My translations of medieval Persian poet Hafiz appeared in Nilo Tabrizy’s Between the Lines, Guernica magazine, July 16, 2020
- Guest on Al-Hurra, on explosions in Tehran, July 1, 2020
- Interviewed by Be Pish on 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of Persia, June 17, 2020
- Interviewed by Euronews Persian on US protests, June 6, 2020
- Quoted by Mosaic, “Ayatollah Khamenei’s “Free Palestine” Poster”, June 5, 2020
- Interviewed by the Left Party of Iran (People’s Fadaian) on US protests, June 3, 2020
- Quoted in La Repubblica, about Zeynab Soleimani, May 26, 2020
- Guest in a Virtual Book Launch with novelist Ali Araghi , May 18, 2020
- Guest on Al-Hurra, On Iran-Venezuela relationship, May 18, 2020
- Instagram Live with Ari Aramesh, Cold War and Right Side of History, May 18, 2020
- Quoted in ABC (Spanish newspaper), on Zeynab Soleimani, April 20, 2020
- Quoted in Syria Direct, Humanitarian responses to the coronavirus bring the UAE and Syria publicly closer, April 15, 2020
- Guest on Iran International’s Iran In Other Eyes, Discussing Iran’s coverage in US media, April 7, 2020
- Quoted in Al Arabiya (Persian) on a concert of Iranian singers in Saudi Arabia, March 7, 2020
- Mentioned in Iran Liberal, بار دیگر لیبرالیسم قربانی شد, March 4, 2020
- Guest on BBC Persian’s Pargar talk show on Neoliberalism, February 29, 2020
- Quoted in Aksa News, on Iranian elections, February 20, 2020
- Quoted in The Arab Weekly, Iranian regime faces crisis of legitimacy risk in parliamentary election, February 20, 2020
- Quoted in CNBC, Iran elections to be dominated by hard-liners as young people refuse to vote: ‘It’s a joke’, February 19, 2020
- Quoted in the New Arab, Iran funded Assad’s war at the expense of Iranians, February 18, 2020
- Cited in Frankfurter Allgemeine, February 13, 2020
- Guest on Al-Hurra, 41st anniversary of the Iranian Revolution of 1979, February 13, 2020
- Guest on Al-Jazeera’s The Listening Post on Iran, January 18, 2020
- Quoted by La Repubblica, Soleimani’s succession, January 15, 2020
- Guest on The Radical Reverend, CIUT 89.5 FM, discussing Iran with Cheri DiNovo, January 13, 2020
- Interviewed by Rageh Omar for News at 10 on ITV, January 13, 2020
- Guest on Al-Hurra, on the latest in Iran, January 13, 2020
- Quoted by Daily Beast on Iran Plane crash story, January 11, 2020
- Guest on Toronto Breakfast Television on the Ukrainian plane crash, January 10, 2020
- Interviewed by the New Arab on US-Iran confrontations, January 8, 2020
- Quoted by The Daily Express, “It’s not over” Middle East expert warns, January 8, 2020
- Guest on UK talkRadio, on Iranian attacks following the Soleimani assassination, January 8, 2020
- Guest on Radio LBC on Iranian attacks following the Soleimani assassination, January 8, 2020
- Guest on Sky News on Iranian attacks following the Soleimani assassination, January 8, 2020
- Guest on BBC World Service radio on Iranian-Americans following the US-Iran tensions, January 7, 2020
- Quoted by Dnevnik on Iran’s New Quds Force Commander, January 6, 2020 (Bulgarian)
- Quoted by the Washington Post in Iran’s New Quds Force Commander, January 4, 2020
- Guest on CBC News, Soleimani assassination, January 4, 2020
- Mentioned as an expert in Elle Magazine’s A Reading Guide To Making Sense of What’s Going On Between the US, Iran and Iraq, January 3, 2020
- Guest on Al-Hurra, on Qassem Soleimani’s assassination, January 3, 2020
- Quote in Quartz, One thing united Americans and Iranians: Nobody wants a war, January 3, 2020
- Quoted in Arab Weekly, Iran’s regime in most serious crisis since 1979 as it cracks down on unrest, November 22, 2019
- Quoted in NBC News, Iranians grapple with internet outages amid protests, November 21, 2019
- Guest on Al-Hurra, discussing Iran, November 18, 2019
- Quoted in L’Orient-Le Jour discussing the Iran-US relations, November 14, 2019
- Guest on CGTN’s The Heat during the UNGA, September 24, 2019
- Guest on TRT World discussing attacks on Saudi oil facilities, September 16, 2019
- Quoted in Arab Weekly, Bolton’s ouster boosts prospects of talks between US and Iran, September 14, 2019
- Quoted by Zenith Magazine (German) on banning of motorcycles for Iranian women, August 8, 2019
- Quoted in Der Tagesspiegel, Der Iran geht über sad Limit, July 2, 2019
- Quoted in Arab Weekly, Tehran breaks nuclear rules in risky bid to pressure Europe, July 6, 2019 (paper copy on July 7)
- Mentioned in Lobelog, 116 Iranian Rights Defenders Warn of ‘Devastating’ Consequences of US-Iran Military Conflict, June 26, 2019
- Quoted in Popula, On the Forbidding of Cultural Exchange with Iran, June 24, 2019
- Guest on Iran International’s Iran In Other Eyes, Discussing Shinzo Abe’s trip to Iran, June 7, 2019
- Guest on Iran International’s Iran In Other Eyes, Discussing Trump’s Iran policy , May 17, 2019
- Quoted in Arab Weekly, US slaps terrorist label on IRGC amid rising tensions, April 14, 2019
- Quoted in Middle East Eye, “Diesel, drugs — and kids: Pakistani girl caught up in smuggling at Iran border“, March 21, 2019
- Guest on Iran International’s Iran In Other Eyes, Discussing United Nations General Assembly, January 25, 2019
- Quoted in Arab Weekly, “Iran set to see more unrest in 2019“, January 3, 2019
- Guest on Iran International’s Iran In Other Eyes, Discussing United Nations General Assembly, September 28, 2018
- Commenting on United Nations General Assembly for Iran International TV, 22-25 September 2018
- Quoted by IranWire on my documentary about South African Baha’is, July 29, 2018
- Interviewed by Voice of America (Persian) on Baha’i oppression in Iran, July 27, 2018
- VOA’s coverage and pictures of a panel I spoke on about Baha’is in Iran, July 27, 2018
- Quoted in Al Jazeera Chinese on the nuclear deal, July 14, 2018
- Quoted in Al Jazeera on the nuclear deal, July 13, 2018
- Quoted in Reuters, “Oscar-winning Iranian urges Tehran: Let banned director go to Cannes“, May 9, 2018
- Guest on Iran International’s Iran In Other Eyes, Discussing Syria and Iran, April 10, 2018
- Guest on Iran International’s Iran In Other Eyes, Discussing Trump’s sacking of Tillerson, March 16, 2018
- Quoted by Toronto Star, February 10, 2018
- Quoted by CTV News on death of Seyed-Emami, February 10, 2018
- Guest on CTV News, on the death of Iranian-Canadian scholar Kavous Seyed-Emami, February 10, 2018
- Quoted by Voice of America’s Khmer service on Iranian protests, January 23, 2018
- Quoted by Voice of America on Iranian protests, January 3, 2018
- Guest on CTV News, on Iranian protests, December 31, 2017
- Quoted by CTV News on Iranian protests, December 30, 2017
- Cited by Daily Beast on Iran-North Korea relations, November 8, 2017
- Guest on Iran International’s Cheshmandaz talk show, on the anniversary of the October Revolution, November 7, 2017
- Guest on CTV News, on Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, October 15, 2017
- Quoted in Vanity Fair on the Persian Gulf, October 13, 2017
- Cited by Daily Beast on Kurdistan independence, September 25, 2017
- Quoted by Sputnik on Rouhani’s speech to the UN, September 20, 2017
- Guest on Iran International’s Cheshmandaz talk show, on the passing of poet Media Kashigar , August 2, 2017
- Guest on Iran International’s Cheshmandaz talk show, talking Ahmad Shamloo, the Iranian poet, July 26 , 2017
- Quoted by Daily Beast on ISIS and Iran, July 26, 2017
- Guest on Iran International’s Cheshmandaz talk show, talking about the Iranian nuclear talks and Iran Deal, July 12, 2017
- Interviewed by Damavand, on the Iranian left, Anti-Americanism and support for President Rouhani, July 5, 2017
- Guest on Iran International’s Cheshmandaz talk show, talking UK politics and Anti-Tory demonstration, July 2, 2017
- Cited by Daily Beast on the 1953 coup, June 26, 2017
- Guest on BBC Persian’s Safheye Do, talking about Jeremy Corbyn and UK Elections, June 13, 2017
- Guest on Iran International’s Cheshmandaz, talking UK Elections and the Labour Party, June 12, 2017
- Interviewed by the news bulletin of Iran International, live from Cannes film festival, May 23, 2017
- Quoted in Rouhani warns voters to prevent ‘extremism’ returning to Iran, Washington Post, May 8, 2017
- Quoted by Washington Post on Iranian presidential elections, April 29, 2017
- Quoted in فتح یا سقوط حلب؛ واکنش کاربران ایرانی به جنگ داخلی سوریه, BBC Persian, December 19, 2016
- Quoted in Where in the world is Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan?, Washington Post, July 15, 2016
- Interviewed in Iran Sent Agents to Spy on its Journalists in Vienna, Journalism Is Not A Crime, July 21, 2015
- Featured in a Voice of America report on nuclear talks, July 02, 2015
- News of the publication a book I translated on Billy Wilder’s life: Mehr News Agency, July 8, 2014
- Quoted by Macleans, Iran’s long reach into Canada, June 20, 2012
- Interviewed on Ten TV on the sidelines of the sidelines of the NDP 2012 convention, March 26, 2012 (Persian)
- News on the publication of a book on translated on the History of Rock and Roll (first ever in Persian): انتشار نخستین کتاب فارسی درباره راک اند رول, March 10, 2015
- Quoted in Tunisian Martyr remembered on the streets of Toronto, Toronto Star, December 17, 2011
- Quoted in Toronto: Fred Weston Speaks on the Syrian Uprising, Marxist.com, June 16, 2011
- Report of a meeting I spoke in: Canada: Toronto meeting builds solidarity with Tunisian, Egyptian revolutionaries, Marxist.com, February 16, 2011
- Quoted in More Useful Idiots by Michael Petrou (on Ahmadinejad’s dinner in New York), September 28, 2010
- Guest on Radio Basics, Confronting Imperialism: The Cases of Venezuela and Iran, September 28, 2009.
- Quoted in a report on the publication of my translation of Barack Obama’s Audacity Of Hope, Iran Book News Agency, April 28, 2009
- News on the publication of a book I translated: تاریخ عصر وایکینگها با ترجمه آرش عزیزی, Iran Book News Agency, December 10, 2008
