Once a strong force after the Iranian Revolution, the office of the president slowly diminished over time as power centralized under the supreme leader.
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Over nearly five decades of enmity, Tehran and Washington have found common ground when they needed to.
Morality police first appeared in Iran soon after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. But similar forces were present in parts of the Middle East even prior to the date.
A scholar of Iranian politics explains how Iranians have organized resistance movements for the past several decades while risking arrest and public flogging.
The conflict between Iran and the US has gone on for decades. A scholar of social movements in Iran asks why the US has consistently failed to support that country’s activist reform movements.
When it comes to women and power politics in the Islamic Republic, the road has been a long and winding road.
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Director, Executive Leadership Academy, University of California, Berkeley
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Senior Teaching Fellow in the Comparative Politics of the Middle East, SOAS, University of London
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Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Plymouth
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Visiting scholar in contemporary Middle Eastern history, Princeton University