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Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei is not finished with Israel
Quoted by iNews Chief Foreign Commentator Michael Day
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Kian Tajbakhsh
My essay “Iran is not a Normal Country” from The Atlantic
What are Iran's real motivations behind the attack on Israel?
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Kian Tajbakhsh
My TV Interview about Iran attack on Israel
Columbia University professor discusses Iran drone attack on Israel
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Kian Tajbakhsh
The Women’s Movement in Iran One Year after the Death of Mahsa Amini: A fragile triumph September 12, 2023
Please read my new essay marking one year after the death of Mahsa Amini and the start of the Zan, Zendegi, Azadi movement (“Women, Life, Freedom…
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Kian Tajbakhsh
My book review of: Iranian Cities and Persian Fiction by M. R. Ghanoonparvar
Final version to be published in the journal Iranian Studies
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Kian Tajbakhsh
BOOK REVIEWS, BOOK TALKS
Creating Local Democracy in Iran: State Building and the Politics of Decentralization. Published by Cambridge University Press: 2022
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My writings and commentary about the "Mahsa Amini" anti-hijab protests in Iran 2022-23
[Updated Feb 2023]
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My latest for Wall St. Journal Saturday Essay: The Culture War Behind Iran’s Protests
Only a small minority support the theocratic regime, but the country’s various factions remain divided over visions for its future
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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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