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Iran Is Not a ‘Normal’ Country (The Atlantic) By Kian Tajbakhsh
The Islamic Republic shouted its hatred of the West from the rooftops for decades. Many Westerners opted not to hear.
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Kian Tajbakhsh
A Moment of Music: My Daughter’s Classical Guitar Performance
A pause from geopolitics for something closer to the heart!
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Kian Tajbakhsh
Revisiting my essay "A Cowed Normality: On Daily Life in a Fascist America" in Light of Trump's Inauguration
from The New Republic’s special issue, What American Fascism Would Look Like, May 2025
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Kian Tajbakhsh
Albert Memmi and The Problem with Postcolonialism
Dear Readers
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Kian Tajbakhsh
My commentary - op-ed & radio - on death of Iran's President
Ebrahim Raisi's Death Will Have an Inconsequential Impact on Iran's Political Landscape
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Excited to share my latest essay in The New Republic - my reflections on fascism in Iran and America
"A Cowed Normality: On Daily Life In A Fascist America"
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Kian Tajbakhsh
Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei is not finished with Israel
Quoted by iNews Chief Foreign Commentator Michael Day
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Kian Tajbakhsh
Tales of My Two Cities
Tales of My Two Cities
Politics and urbanism, mostly in my two hometowns, NYC and Tehran.
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