Iranian Nationalism during the Constitutional Revolution
Written by: Ritka Lal, University of Toronto The Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906-1911 brought major shifts to Iranian society, the reverberations of w...
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The Implications of the Saudi-Iran Conflict on the People of Yemen
The pressing issue at hand in the Middle East is the growing tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The conflict between these two nations has its roots i...
Facing Mirrors: A Film about Transgender Rights in Iran
Written by Ariana Habibi On February 22, 2019, The Program in Iranian Studies at the MacMillan Center hosted a screening of Facing Mirrors (آینه های روبرو) , ...
Importing Arms, Exporting the Revolution: Mehdi Hashemi and His Fatal Leak to Ash-Shiraa
Written by Rosa Shapiro-Thompson The story that broke in the small Lebanese weekly, Ash-Shiraa, on November 3, 1986, led to the exposure of a tangled story of s...
I Came, I Saw, Iran: The Increasing Use of Insurgent Groups in Iranian Foreign Policy following The Arab Spring
Written by Sarah Abdelbaki, Luke Dillingham, and Ramsey Nofal Abstract The purpose of this case study was to examine how Iranian support of insurgent groups in ...
Armajani retrospective ‘Follow this Line’ showcases 60 years of legendary Iranian-American artist’s oeuvre
Written by Elisabeth Siegel The opening of Siah Armajani’s “Follow this Line” at the Met Breuer on Feb. 20 was well-attended by a flurry of art community lumina...
Iran’s 1979 Revolution: 40 Years Onward
Written by Minahil Nawaz In February of 1979, the tide of Middle Eastern history turned forever as a theocracy headed by Ayatollah Khomeini was established in I...
Axis of Convenience: Limitations to Russia-Iran Cooperation
Written by Taehwa Hong Introduction Russia’s intervention in the Syrian Civil War in support of the Assad regime in 2015 marked the first Russian military actio...
State Fragility in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Written by Ariana Habibi When considering fragile states, there is an assumption that countries who have yet to industrialize or otherwise conform to modernity ...