Ali Fathollah-Nejad
Ali Fathollah-Nejad is a German-Iranian political scientist focusing on Iran, the Middle East and the post-unipolar world order. He is the founder and director of the Center for Middle East and Global Order in Berlin and the author of “Iran in an Emerging New World Order: From Ahmadinejad to Rouhani” (2021).
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The Curious Case of the Kerman Attacks
The Iranian authorities appeared confused about whom to blame for the Kerman attacks. There is little evidence or precedent for their claim that Israel is likely to have been behind them, but the regime remains hopeful that Iranians will draw together in a response of national unity.
In Hijab Protests, Iranians Reveal Their Oppressive Rulers
The intersection of gender and ethnic discrimination plays a significant role here. Despite their active participation in the 1979 Islamic Revolution, women were the very first group to be barred from post-revolutionary Iran’s public sphere.
The President’s Daughter and Dissent in Iran
The daughter of Iran’s former president has publicly broken two of the Islamic Republic’s biggest political taboos. Does this reveal a genuine split at the top or mere maneuvering by political elites?