Abadan, The Rise and Demise of an Oil Metropolis
The image of Abadan as a vanguard city of oil-driven modernity was transformed by its role in the 19[...]
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How Iran Will Respond to New Sanctions
Even before US President Donald Trump began threatening to re-impose sanctions on Iran, foreign inve[...]
French-Iranian Writer's Debut Novel
Like Scheherazade, Djavadi’s protagonist is a storyteller, but unlike her, she doesn’t use storytell[...]Featured in Politics
The Travel Ban and Iranian-AmericansThe attempts of President Donald Trump to bar entry into the United States to nationals of six Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, have compelled previou...
How Iran Will Respond to New SanctionsSince December 2017, Iran’s currency, the rial, has lost one-third of its value. And on April 10, the exchange rate’s rapid depreciation prompted the government...
Stop Denigrating Public IntellectualsIn her latest op-ed in Guardian, Elif Shafak writes about the importance of West’s public intellectuals to raise their voices against the trend of populism, nat...