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… The Arab “democracy dilemma” is a fallacy
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… Is Iran a Country or a Cause?
Published by Chronicle of Higher Education have a tradition of turning the last week of classes into an open discussion. When I did so recently, a student inevitably wanted to know what I thought about… Protect the Student Protesters. Don’t Idealize Them.
Published by New Lines Iranians today, both in Iran and across the diaspora, are reckoning with two intricately related questions: How has the Islamic Republic survived, and why did the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, despite… The Fiasco of Iranian Diaspora Politics
Published by Haaretz By now, it shouldn’t be surprising to anyone that there are those on the Western left who openly support the attacks of October 7 on Israeli civilians. The past six months have produced a… Why America’s Leftist Literati Loves to Fetishize Hamas Brutality
Published in the National Anarrative that has persisted throughout the decades-long cold conflict between Iran and Israel is that, before the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the two countries had excellent relations that only soured after the… Were Iran and Israel really friends before 1979? It’s complicated
Published by the Atlantic The moment we were all afraid of finally arrived yesterday evening. For me, it was announced by a phone call from a terrified teenage cousin in Iran. Had the war started? she asked… Ordinary Iranians Don’t Want a War With Israel
Published in the Liberties Iran today may be best known for two things: one of the most repressive regimes in the world and one of the most remarkable cinemas in the world. The coexistence of… Persecution and The Art of Filmmaking
Published by Liberties “Were you culture-shocked?” is the question people often ask upon discovering that, at the age of twenty, I moved from Iran to the West. “Of course I was,” I usually say. “I… Flaneur: My Enlightened Tehran
Published by the Atlantic On March 29, a friend of mine, the Iranian journalist Pouria Zeraati, was crossing the road outside his Wimbledon home in southwestern London, to get his car. A man approached him… Iran’s Deadly Message to Journalists Abroad