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  • How Hamas and Iran will respond to the assassinations of top Hamas leaders

    8/1/24 - POLITICO

  • Killing of Hamas political leader points to diverging paths for Israel, US on cease-fire

    Killing of Hamas political leader points to diverging paths for Israel, US on cease-fire

    7/31/24 - ASSOCIATED PRESS

  • Death of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh threatens to engulf Middle East in wider conflict

    7/31/24 - SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST

  • A More Normal Iran?

    7/29/24 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS

  • How will Iran's new President engage with the West?

    7/18/24 - ABC NATIONAL RADIO

  • Iran’s economy more sensitive to foreign shocks than domestic ones

    7/16/24 - IRAN INTERNATIONAL

  • The Dangerous Push for Israeli-Saudi Normalization

    7/11/24 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS

  • Iran: West should ‘test the waters’ on nuclear deal with Pezeshkian in power, expert says

    7/10/24 - FRANCE 24

  • Iranian voters chose Masoud Pezeshkian, a reformist as their new president

    7/8/24 - NPR

  • Inflection in Iran’s Politics and Geopolitics

    6/24/24 - NEW LINES INSTITUTE

  • Could Zarif tilt Iran's election toward longshot reformist Pezeshkian?

    6/21/4 - AL-MONITOR

  • Vali Nasr explains why Iran's presidential elections matter and how a Western-friendly heart surgeon might win

    6/21/24 - AL-MONITOR

  • A double-edged sword: an interview with the researchers of the sanctions on Iran

    6/13/24 - THE VAN LEER JERUSALEM INSTITUTE

  • Are government sanctions successful?

    5/22/4 - REUTERS

  • The stolen iron sheets that shelter Uganda’s anti-corruption crusade

    5/15/4 - THE OBSERVER

  • Book Review – “How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare” by Narges Bajoghli, Vali Nasr, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, and Ali Vaez.

    5/2/24 - MANARA

  • Sanctions are for Losers

    5/2/24 - REASON

  • How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare

    4/23/24 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS

  • Have counterstrikes shifted the political and military landscape in the Mideast?

    4/22/24 - NPR

  • US, EU announce new sanctions on Iran

    4/18/24 - SEMAFOR

  • Israel, Iran, and Hizballah: Between Deterrence and Escalation… On the Margins of Genocide in Gaza

    4/18/24 - JADALIYYA

  • SANCTIONS: INEFFECTIVE ECONOMIC WARFARE

    4/2/24 - WASHINGTON REPORT ON MIDLE EAST AFFAIRS

  • LET’S FACE IT: SANCTIONS ARE WARFARE BY ANOTHER NAME

    3/19/24 - INKSTICK

  • CROWN SEMINAR: NARGES BAJOGHLI AND VALI NASR DISCUSS BOOK

    3/1/24 - The Justice

  • what do sanctions accomplish?

    3/15/24 - KPFA

  • Iran stages a dismal election as islamic regime circles the wagons

    3/3/24 - THE WASHINGTON POST

  • why iran hates america

    2/25/24 - CNN

  • The Soleimani Gambit

    2/21/24 - THE SIGNAL

  • U.S. & Israel vs. Axis of Resistance: Biden Strikes New Targets in Middle East as Gaza War Continues

    2/5/24 - DEMOCRACY NOW

  • America’s Terror Designation for the Houthis Only Encourages Them—and Iran

    1/19/24 - SLATE

  • HOW THE WAR IN GAZA REVIVED THE AXIS OF RESISTANCE

    1/17/24 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS

  • The War That Remade the Middle East

    11/20/23 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS

  • shifting sands

    9/1/23 - INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

  • IRAN'S FM IN SAUDI ARABIA TO BOLSTER RESTORED RELATIONS

    8/17/23 - CNN

  • The Protests Inside Iran’s Girls’ Schools

    8/7/23 - THE NEW YORKER

  • IRAN AND THE ERA OF GLOBAL FEMINIST UPRISINGS

    7/28/23 - WELLESLEY MAGAZINE

  • 'Pariah' leaders in the Middle East know the U.S. needs them, expert says

    6/15/23 - CNN

  • FEMINIST FUTURES PRESS RELEASE

    5/26/23

  • IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM MARCHES FORWARD, 5 YEARS AFTER THE U.S. ABADONED THE DEAL

    5/30/23 - NPR

  • The Path to a New Iran Deal

    5/8/23 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS

  • What’s next for Iran and Saudi Arabia as nations take major step toward reconciliation

    4/6/23 - PBS NEWS HOUR

  • Factbox: In Middle East, once improbable ententes set new tone

    4/6/23 - REUTERS

  • Iran-Saudi deal has potential to transform the region

    3/31/23 - CNN

  • A New Order in the Middle East?

    3/22/23 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS

  • Iran analyst: US has moral duty to help free Americans detained in Iran

    3/10/23 - CNN

  • Iran’s Confrontation with the West Has Entered a ‘Very Dangerous Moment,’ Expert Says

    3/2/23 - BARRON’S

  • Iran’s Hard-Liners Are Winning

    2/26/23 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS

  • Vali Nasr and CNN's Fareed Zakaria

    On GPS: Tehran's domestic and foreign strategy

    1/27/23 - CNN

  • “WOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM” - ON IRAN'S PROTEST MOVEMENT WITH NARGES BAJOGHLI

    10/27/22 - POLITICS THEORY OTHER

  • WHAT'S FUELING IRAN'S ONGOING PROTESTS?

    10/24/22 - JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

  • 'Every Muslim girl is watching the Iran protests in awe,' says Vali Nasr

    10/13/22 - CNN

  • Iran Protests Show the Depth of Social and Economic Pain

    10/11/22 - BLOOMBERG

  • Narges Bajoghli on Iran Protests and Women's Rights

    10/9/22 - CSPAN

  • “Complete Dissatisfaction with the Current Order”: Why Mahsa Amini Protests in Iran Are Not Slowing Down

    10/06/22 - DEMOCRACY NOW

  • Why are the #MahsaAmini protests in Iran different this time?

    9/29/22 - CHICAGO COUNCIL OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS

  • “WOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM”: IRAN’S PROTESTS ARE A REBELLION FOR BODILY AUTONOMY

    9/29/22 - VANITY FAIR