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Podcast #249: The (Other) Scandal at Oberlin College

Jonathan Kay speaks with Roya Hakakian about the rise and fall of Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, a former Iranian official who’d presented himself to Oberlin as an agent of peace and ‘forgiveness.’

Quillette

29 Aug 2024 · 23 min read

Two jihadists and a photo of Suha in the middle. She is a middle-aged Middle Eastern woman with curly hair and glasses.

What I Learnt Interviewing Jihadists

A conversation about Iran, Israel, and Islamic terrorism with Iraqi researcher Suha Hassen.

Zoe Booth / Suha Hassen

9 Aug 2024 · 20 min read

Side by side images of Mohammad Jafar Mahallati and Lawdan Bazargan and Oberlin College with its crest.

The Professor, His Nemesis, and a Scandal at Oberlin

The story of how a liberal college promoted and defended an Iranian Islamist and betrayed its own values.

Roya Hakakian

8 Aug 2024 · 31 min read

Two men in suits sit on a couch facing an ayatollah in robes on a chair. There is an Iranian flag next to him.

Shadow Boxing: The Conflict Between Iran and Israel

The mini-war between Israel and Iran’s proxies has gradually begun to approach open Israeli-Iranian conflict, and the threat of an all-out, full-scale war is now palpable.

Benny Morris

1 Aug 2024 · 18 min read

The Quincy Institute’s Middle East Fantasies

The positions adopted by the think tank’s scholars during the war in Gaza are illustrative of its overall Middle East agenda: appease Iran and demonise Israel.

Leon Hadar

20 Jun 2024 · 15 min read

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, raising his finger with image of Khamenei and Khomeini in the background

Israel, Hamas, and Hezbollah

Updates on the military situation facing Israel, especially the possibility of all-out war with Hezbollah.

Benny Morris

20 Jun 2024 · 17 min read

A crying woman in a black burqa at the commemoration of Raisi's death. She holds a poster of him.

The Bell 212 Tolls for Tehran

We should celebrate the death of the Butcher of Tehran, but Iran’s future remains fraught with uncertainty.

Paul Monk

25 May 2024 · 11 min read

Drew Pavlou surrounded by Putin, Xi Jing Ping, Khameini and a "triggered" woke woman meme. Linked In/Wikimedia Commons/Canva.

Defending Democracy with Drew Pavlou: Quillette Cetera Episode 34

The student activist discusses the risks that Iran, China, and Russia, and their Western sympathisers, pose to liberal democracies.

Zoe Booth

27 Apr 2024 · 1 min read

Iranian men burn Israeli flag in Tehran .

Iran Contra Israel

The Iranian missile strike against Israel marks a watershed moment in the Middle East conflict, even though it was unsuccessful.

Benny Morris

16 Apr 2024 · 8 min read

The Iranian Connection

Tracing Tehran's ties to the Houthis, Hamas, and Hezbollah.

Pierre James / Suha Hassen

16 Jan 2024 · 16 min read

Why Iran is the Key to Peace in the Middle East

Many Iranians perceive Israel as a potential ally in their struggle against Islamic oppression.

Armin Navabi

4 Jan 2024 · 10 min read

Shadows No More

A new book examines Israel’s mounting campaign to check Iran.

Brian Stewart

25 Oct 2023 · 7 min read

Justice in Stockholm

Thirty-four years after the massacre of political prisoners in Iran, the conviction of Hamid Noury in Sweden has been a victory for accountability and for the truth.

Roya Hakakian

7 Feb 2023 · 19 min read

Will It Be Different This Time?

It is starting to look like a question of when, not if, the Islamic Republic of Iran will fall.

Brian Stewart

19 Nov 2022 · 9 min read

The Great Cover-Up

Islamists used a religious lie to crush Mahsa Amini, but women can win this war.

Asra Q. Nomani

30 Sep 2022 · 9 min read