Diplomatic & Economic Potential of Iran's New President, Raisi
With an unknown future for the JCPOA and Biden continuing to enforce maximum pressure sanctions, how is Iran’s new government looking at Iran’s economy and diplomatic relations? Economic diplomacy exp...
14 Nov 20221h 1min
Women and the Islamic Republic: How Gendered Citizenship Conditions the Iranian State
Based on extensive interviews and oral histories as well as archival sources, Women and the Islamic Republic challenges the dominant masculine theorizations of state-making in post-revolutionary Iran....
14 Nov 202257min
Say What Your Longing Heart Desires by Niloofar Haeri
Following the 1979 revolution, the Iranian government set out to Islamize society. Muslim piety had to be visible, in personal appearance and in action. Iranians were told to pray, fast, and attend mo...
14 Nov 20221h
Losing the Long Game by Philip Gordon
Since the end of World War II, the United States has set out to oust governments in the Middle East on an average of once per decade―in places as diverse as Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan (twice), Egypt, Lib...
14 Nov 20221h
American Diplomacy at a Critical Juncture: Fireside chat with William Burns
This event is part of Rethinking Iran at SAIS's ongoing programming on the theme of “Iran and the US: A Critical Juncture,” which will include fireside chats, policy forums, and roundtable discussions...
14 Nov 202256min
ReFocus: The Works of Rakhshan Banietemad
Rakhshan Banietemad is one of the first female film directors in Iran. Edited by Maryam Ghorbankarimi, this book is the first English language study of Banietemad’s films and career with chapters by s...
14 Nov 20221h 2min
Political Participation in Iran From Khatami to the Green Movement with Paola Rivetti
This book examines the unintended consequences of top-down reforms in Iran, analysing how the Iranian reformist governments (1997–2005) sought to utilise gradual reforms to control independent activis...
14 Nov 202259min
