Middle East
Reflections on post-election Iran: An elegy for the voting non-voter
With the lowest turnout in its history, the Islamic Republic is moving further away from any sense of democracy.
August 02, 2021
Shervin Malekzadeh
Middle East
BOOK REVIEW: How the first generation of Iran's Revolutionary Guard became its most important source of reform
The Green Movement was a warning that the outsized ideational and material resources possessed by the IRGC and its many proxies are rendered impotent unless the leadership can develop a coherent cultural message, suited to the needs and preferences of younger Iranians.
March 31, 2020
Middle East
The 1979 Revolution: Unfinished Business In Iran
The state organizes the schedule of commemoration, but it cannot control the meaning that its people attach to the days.
February 11, 2020
Middle East
Why This Time the Protests in Iran are Different
The cycle of elections after the 2009 Green Movement is already being replaced from below by an emerging cycle of protest and violent counter-demonstration, an accelerating path to ruin without the usual offramp of elections to restore the peace.
January 17, 2020
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