SAIS Rethinking Iran

Sep 18 2024 31 ep. 59 mins 16
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The SAIS RETHINKING IRAN Initiative at Johns Hopkins University focuses on broadening the conversation on Iran in the public sphere by engaging researchers, scholars, activists, artists, and policymakers.

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Book Forum: The Incarcerated Modern - Prisons and Public Life in Iran

Sep 18 2024 59 mins  
In this new Book Forum episode, we’re joined by Golnar Nikpour to discuss her illuminating book The Incarcerated Modern: Prisons and Public Life in Iran. Nikpour traces the transformation of Iran from a decentralized empire with few prisoners into a modern nation-state with one of the largest prison populations in the world. She explores how Iran's carceral system has not onl

Book Forum: The Color Black - Enslavement and Erasure in Iran

Aug 22 2024 50 mins  
In this new Book Forum episode, we’re joined by Beeta Baghoolizadeh to discuss her book "The Color Black: Enslavement and Erasure in Iran." Baghoolizadeh challenges the prevailing narratives about Iran's history, uncovering the complex and often overlooked story of Black people in the country. Through meticulous research and analysis, she sheds light on the centurie

Book Forum: How Sanctions Work - Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare

Feb 14 2024 61 mins  
In this timely and critical episode, we explore our own recent release: "How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare." We're joined by esteemed authors Narges Bajoghli, Vali Nasr, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, and Ali Vaez for an in-depth discussion on the real impact of U.S. sanctions on Iran. As the specter of a region-wide conflict looms over the Middle E

Book Forum: Political Radicalism in Iran and in Ahmadinejad's Presidencies

Apr 13 2023 59 mins  
In this new Book Forum episode, we’re joined by Giorgia Perletta to discuss her book "Political Radicalism in Iran and Ahmadinejad's Presidencies." Perletta challenges the oversimplifications often made in the West about Iran's political landscape, particularly the widespread use of the term "radical." Through her analysis, she provides a deeper unders

Book Forum: Backfire - How Sanctions Shape the World Against U.S. Interests

Mar 29 2023 58 mins  
Sanctions have become the go-to foreign policy tool for the United States. Coercive economic measures such as trade tariffs, financial penalties, and export controls affect large numbers of companies and states across the globe. Some of these penalties target nonstate actors, such as Colombian drug cartels and Islamist terror groups; others apply to entire countries, including Nort

Book Forum: This Flame Within - Iranian Revolutionaries in the United States

Mar 01 2023 63 mins  
In This Flame Within MANIJEH MORADIAN recounts the experiences of Iranian foreign students who joined a global movement against US imperialism during the 1960s and 1970s. Drawing on archival evidence and in-depth interviews with members of the Iranian Students Association, Moradian traces what she calls “revolutionary affects”—the embodied force of affect generated by experie

From Tahrir to Tehran - The Arab Spring and Iran Uprisings

Feb 28 2023 61 mins  
What can we learn about the current era of youth-led radical uprisings when we look across the Middle East? Massive protests—captured on social media—have spilled forth on the streets of major countries in the region for over a decade. Join us for a conversation with renowned sociologist and scholar Dr. Asef Bayat to explore the Iran uprisings and Arab Spring, and what they rev

Sanctions, Politics, and Everyday Life in Iran

Nov 13 2022 60 mins  
Sanctions, Politics, and Everyday Life in Iran

Saudi-Iran Relations

Nov 13 2022 61 mins  
Bilateral relations between Riyadh and Tehran have been strained over several geopolitical issues. The two regional rivals broke diplomatic ties in 2016 but have recently engaged in four rounds of direct negotiations to resolve regional disputes. Yemen remains a battleground between the two countries who are seen as supporting opposing sides. However, recent diplomatic developments

What Caused Iran's Water Bankruptcy: Climate Change, Sanctions, or Bad Management?

Nov 13 2022 64 mins  
Drying rivers, vanishing lakes, shrinking wetlands, declining groundwater levels, land subsidence, sinkholes, desertification, soil erosion, dust storms, water pollution, biodiversity loss, deforestation and wildfires are among some of the very familiar signs of Iran’s water bankruptcy. With water bankruptcy comes the migration and displacement of people, conflicts, and social an