Check out Majlis Monitor on Iran’s upcoming 2016 elections
Majlis Monitor, an election monitoring and fact-checking platform based out of the University of Toronto Munk School of Global Affairs, has put together a series of articles, info-graphics, and videos,...
View ArticleRouhani disheartened by mass disqualification of aspiring 2016 Iran election...
Mass disqualification Preliminary reports appear to indicate the there has been mass disqualification of aspiring candidates by the Council of Guardians ahead of the 2016 Iranian Islamic Consultative...
View ArticleAyatollah V President: The clash of visions over Iran’s opening to the West
IranPolitik managing editor Farzan Sabet has written an article about the clash of visions between Iran’s supreme leader and president that could shape Iran’s relations with the West, in New America...
View ArticleInterviews in the Toronto Star, Newsweek, & RFE/RL on the 2016 Iranian Elections
IranPolitik managing editor Farzan Sabet recently spoke to the Toronto Star, Newsweek, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on the 2016 Iranian Elections. See the interviews below: The Star: “In Iran,...
View ArticleIran’s 2016 Elections: Change or Continuity?
IranPolitik managing editor Farzan Sabet has written a new report for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: “Iran’s moderate alliance made gains in recent parliamentary and Assembly of...
View ArticleThe Rouhani Presidency at Three
IranPolitik managing editor Farzan Sabet has written a new article for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani swept into office in August 2013 with a slim...
View ArticleOn the Verge of Defeat in Iraq, the Islamic State takes aim at Iran in new video
The Islamic State (IS) has released a new propaganda video aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iranian Sunni Muslims. It accuses the Islamic Republic of oppressing Sunni Muslims while tolerating...
View ArticleIran’s holding presidential elections. Here are the candidates to watch.
IranPolitik managing editor Farzan Sabet has written a new article for the Washington Post Monkey Cage: Iran’s official month-long presidential campaign period kicked off last week in the run-up to the...
View ArticleIran calls new U.S. sanctions a violation of nuclear deal
IranPolitik’s Farzan Sabet was recently featured in an article by the Washington Post on Iran’s response to new U.S. sanctions: Iran survived some of the toughest sanctions “through a combination of...
View ArticleIran protests: why Rouhani’s foes are backing off their hard line
IranPolitik’s Farzan Sabet was recently featured in an article by the Christian Science Monitor on the recent Iran protests: “It is clear that Rouhani is weakened compared to this time last year” after...
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