Iran 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...
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’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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleCheck 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 ArticleIran Election Watch 2016: High numbers register to run in parliamentary and...
With the end of registration for aspiring candidates who want to participate in Iran’s upcoming 2016 parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections, Minister of Interior Abdol-Reza Rahmani-Fazli...
View ArticleLarijani refuses to join conservative electoral alliance
The Principalist Alliance Central Council (PACC) has been formed, with Gholam-Ali Haddad Adel as its spokesman, in the hopes of uniting Iran’s conservative current in the lead up to the 2016...
View ArticleSurge in anti-American hostility in Iran is setback for jailed US reporter
IranPolitik co-founder and managing editor Farzan Sabet recently conducted an interview on the anti-“infiltration” campaign in Iran with the Christian Science Monitor: “Expectations were high that...
View ArticleIran Election Watch 2016: Trends to watch for in the upcoming Iranian...
Iran’s Islamic Consultative Assembly, or parliamentary, elections fast approach on 26 February 2016. This short article looks at trends which may shape the disposition of Iran’s political forces ahead...
View ArticleIranian armed forces deputy chief joins cacophony against American...
A recent speech by the Iranian armed forces deputy commander underlies President Hassan Rouhani’s relative isolation when it comes to the Islamic Republic’s campaign against American “infiltration”. At...
View ArticleAyatollah Ali Khamenei’s conditional approval of the Iran nuclear deal
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has conditionally approved the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), more conventionally known as the Iran nuclear deal, for implementation. But the...
View ArticleAyatollah Khamenei: “Negotiations with America are banned”
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has banned the Islamic Republic from negotiating with the United States. In September 2013, Ayatollah Khamenei gave his consent to nuclear negotiations...
View ArticleKhamenei v Rouhani: Consensus gives way to discord after the Iran deal
Nuclear negotiations were one of the few areas of broad consensus among the political elite of the Islamic Republic of Iran. With the nuclear deal in hand, however, underlying tension between moderate...
View ArticleAyatollah Khamenei backs the Guardian Council in its dispute with Rouhani
In a speech on Wednesday 09 September 2015, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei discussed the the prospects of negotiations on other issues with the United States and also injected himself...
View ArticleIRGC commander Jafari warns of enemy-backed parties in the mold of new...
In a press conference on Tuesday 01 September 2015, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Majour-General Mohammad-Ali “Aziz” Jafari followed in the footsteps of Iranian Supreme Leader...
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