The Authoritarian Legacy for a Future Democracy/ Majid Shia’ali

In recent years, experts in various fields have spoken of deeply rooted crises in Iran. Among these are crises stemming from conflict with nature, such as the drying of lakes and rivers and, as a result, land subsidence in various regions to the extent that the habitability of this land is seriously endangered. On one […]...

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Relentless suppression of Bahai’s/ The love of perfection

When I was reading the novel “Thursday Train” (1) by Anisa Dehghani, I came across a strange question: “It is possible to endure pain that is unique to you, but how can you endure pain that you must share with someone else?” “Thursday Train” delves into the lives of Iranians in the years after the […]...

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The Guardian Council and the Transformation of Competitive Authoritarianism in Iran/ Ali Asghar Ramazanpour

The translation is: “The image” Ali Asghar Ramazanpour Since Samuel Huntington introduced the theory of the third wave of democracy in 1991, the issue of Iran and its exemplification in the wave of democratization and backsliding has been a complex one. The third wave theory was based on the emergence of 30 new democracies between […]...

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