Covering topics ranging from security and politics to business and society, IranSource draws on written analysis and multimedia content to inform a broader public conversation about Iran from an array of angles and perspectives.
It aims to identify the challenges, opportunities, and policy conundrums facing the US-Iran relationship and present a range of options to address them.
Editor: Holly Dagres
Mon, Jul 13, 2020
The JCPOA: A bittersweet anniversary for Iran, the US and the wider world
The next US and Iranian governments will face many challenges, not least recovery from COVID-19 and economic recession.
Fri, Jul 10, 2020
A series of unusual events in Iran point to sabotage. How will Tehran respond?
A spate of explosions has struck highly secure and sensitive sites, as well as regular industrial locales, including factories and gas pipelines, and even a clinic in a fancy part of north Tehran.
IranSource by Borzou Daragahi
Tue, Jul 7, 2020
An Iranian gamer’s battle against sanctions and sexism
According to a 2017 study from Iran Computer and Video Games Foundation, there are twenty-eight million Iranian gamers.
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Iran’s revolution turns forty
Mon, Feb 4, 2019
Protests are a permanent feature of Iran
July 15, 2009 was a historic day in Iran’s recent history. Some three million people marched in silence on Enghelab (Revolution) Street in the capital of Tehran to convey their anger at the Islamic Republic in the most peaceful manner. The regime had disconnected cell phone services in a failed effort to prevent the march, […]
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Mon, Jan 28, 2019
Persia is back, but in a different form
A powerful trend at the international level—led by the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia—is trying to sell the idea that Iran’s active regional presence, together with its missile program and location at several of the world’s geostrategic chokepoints, is an attempt to restore the Persian Empire and is a fundamental danger to global security. […]
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