Published by the Atlantic Council With the dramatic death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on May 19, much attention is being paid to the race to replace him. But the chopper ride included another high-ranking official: Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the foreign minister who has now been replaced with his deputy, Ali Bagheri …
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Publish in the National The death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash this month shocked the nation. But this shock has quickly given way to an intense struggle between various political factions vying for the second-most powerful job in the country, after that of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. With an election to pick …
Published by the Atlantic There’s rarely a dull moment in Iranian affairs. The past few months alone have seen clashes with Israel and Pakistan, and a helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president and foreign minister. But spectacular as these events are, the most important changes often happen gradually, by imperceptible degrees. One such change took …
Published in مجله الفراتس كان إبراهيم رئيسي في الثامنة عشرة من عمره عندما اندلعت الثورة الإيرانية في بلاده عام 1979. انحدر من أسرة مرجعيات دينية في مدينة مشهد المقدسة شمال شرق إيران. وفقد والده وهو في الخامسة. ثم سار على خطى أسلافه في الخامسة عشرة من عمره، فتابع دراسته الدينية في الحوزة العلمية في قم، أحد …
Published in the Atlantic Accidents happen everywhere, but not all accidents are equal. Many hours after initial news broke about an “incident” involving a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s state media has still not confirmed whether he is dead or alive. Various state outlets have published contradictory news—Was Raisi seen on video …
Published by the Atlantic Council When pro-Palestinian student protests on US campuses led to instances of disciplinary action and police violence, one thing was immediately predictable: the repressive Islamic Republic of Iran will use this news to make two claims. First, it will argue that the United States and other liberal democracies are hypocrites who …
Published in Conditions Ce texte a originellement paru dans New Lines Magazine.Les Iraniens d’aujourd’hui, tant en Iran que dans la diaspora, se posent deux questions étroitement liées : Comment la République islamique a-t-elle survécu et pourquoi le mouvement “Femme, vie, liberté” a-t-il échoué, malgré toutes ses réalisations importantes et significatives ? Ces questions sont devenues d’autant …
Published by the New Statesman Iran’s large drone and missile attack on Israel on 15 April was as shocking as it was unprecedented. But almost as noteworthy a development was a certain neighbour of Israel rushing to the latter’s defence: the Kingdom of Jordan, an Arab state with millions of Palestinian-origin citizens, helped shoot down Iranian …
Published by the Atlantic On April 21, a week after Iran’s first-ever direct attack on Israel, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met with his military commanders to gloat. The assault had failed to cause much damage in Israel, but Khamenei claimed victory and tried to give it a patriotic color. “What matters most,” he said, …