Published in Al Majalla When a country’s head of government dies in a dramatic helicopter crash, one naturally expects a bit of shock and changes to the schedule. Yet nothing, it seems, can stop the bureaucratic clock of the Islamic Republic. On 21 May, Iran’s Assembly of Experts began its meeting as scheduled, but in …
Published in IPG Journal Die iranische Diaspora ist heillos zerstritten. Arash Azizi über das Scheitern der Proteste, den Einfluss aus dem Exil und den Umgang mit Reformern. Die Fragen stellten Hanna Voss und Alexander Isele. Die iranische Diaspora ist stark zersplittert und zerstritten. Wie genau ist die Opposition im Exil politisch gespalten? Was sind die Hauptströmungen und welche …
Published by the National Iran has been in the throes of a presidential election campaign since Sunday, when the Guardian Council announced the final slate of candidates to run for the second-highest office in the land. The Guardian Council, a panel of jurists and clerics appointed by Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, decides who is allowed …
Published by the Atlantic The Soviet despot Joseph Stalin once said that it is not the voters who matter most in elections but those who count the votes. When it comes to elections held in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the real power belongs to the small body of clerics and jurists called the Guardian Council, which …
انتشار در ایران‌وایر در روایت تاریخی جمهوری اسلامی از ۱۵ خرداد ۱۳۴۲، نقش روحانیون پررنگ است. اما یکی از مهم‌ترین شخصیت‌های آن روز، «طیب حاج‌رضایی» است؛ فروشنده میدان تره‌بار تهران که به دلیل عاملیتش در درگیری‌های مربوط به ۱۵ خرداد دستگیر و چند ماه بعد اعدام شد. طیب که بین برخی به «لوطی» معروف بود، …
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 …
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 …