Published by the Spectator The Middle East is bracing for an attack whose exact source, targets, method, timing and scope are unknown. On Monday, a suspected Israeli air strike targeted a group of Iranian officials… Will Iran attack Israel?
Published by the Atlantic American leftists are facing a question that has become a perennial bugbear. Come November, should they support the Democratic incumbent Joe Biden to defeat Donald Trump? Or, given their profound reservations… Too Much Purity Is Bad for the Left
Published by the National Late March is a festive occasion for Iranians and many others, as we celebrate the beginning of Persian New Year, coinciding with the beginning of the spring equinox in the northern… This Persian New Year means disappointment for Iran’s beleaguered workers
Co-written with Didi Tal for IranWire In their attempt to reconstruct the past, historians often rely on archival documents. But these documents never tell the full story and we often have to work through the… What do the archives tell us about Iranians and the Holocaust?
Published by IranWire Floriane Azoulay, director of an archive dedicated to documenting Nazi crimes, is used to dealing with harrowing material. But many of her stories from her eight years at the Arolsen Archives are… The Arolsen Archives: Keeping Holocaust History Alive
Published by the New York Times On March 1, Iranians went to the polls for the first time since the protest movement of 2022 and the war in Gaza. The vote, for the Parliament and… Change Is Coming to Iran, Just Not the Change We Hoped For
Published by the Washington Post Arash Azizi, a professor of history at Clemson University, is author of “What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom.” This piece is adapted from an essay in the spring 2024 issue… The paradox of Iranian film: Greatness out of repression
Published by CNN Denis Villeneuve is busy these days. His film, “Dune: Part Two,” just opened in the US, with a $190 million budget, ensemble cast of stars and loyal following of the franchise. It’s already one of the most talked-about films… Opinion: Why a line of dialogue truly can define a film
Published by the Atlantic Council Iran is set to hold elections for its parliament and its Assembly of Experts, the body tasked with supervising and picking the supreme leader, on March 1. But while the… March 1 is the upcoming Iranian elections. The terrain looks more divided than ever.
Published by ISPI Online For the past quarter of a century, Iranians who demand sociopolitical change have often alternated between strategies of electoral participation and street protests. Closing of one avenue has often encouraged resorting to… Iran: Political Deadlock or Social Tinderbox?