A kingdom under pressure is fomenting crisis elsewhere.
- Postdoctoral Fellow in Political and Historical Ethnography, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
The world’s response to two terrorist incidents in Iran was telling, and ominous.
Penalties for drug traffickers in Iran are harsh but it also has progressive policies for addicts. Is it time to go further?
A common topic of discussion in Iran is oil and the mixed blessing it represents. The country’s recent history has been intertwined with that of international oil politics since 1908, when William Knox…
There are stories some people might not expect to read about Iran – and its progressive drugs policy is one. As a number of countries begin to slowly reconsider their approach towards illicit drugs, following…
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