Iran - Quillette (Page 2)

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

Roya Hakakian and How to Speak About What No One Wants to Hear

The combined threats against Roya Hakakian and Masih Alinejad suggest a broader policy of violence and intimidation on the part of the Islamic Republic and its operatives in the United States.

Paul Berman

27 May 2022 · 35 min read

The End of the Islamic Republic of Iran?

The regime is a victim of its own fanaticism, corruption, and incompetence.

Shay Khatiri

11 Oct 2020 · 7 min read

The Fall of Beirut

Calling Hezbollah merely a terror group is too simplistic, and nothing in Lebanon is ever simple or easy to explain.

Art Keller

28 Aug 2020 · 11 min read

How Iran’s Dictators Laid the Foundation for the Country's Coronavirus Crisis

While the disease itself is, of course, an apolitical phenomenon, Iran’s repressive, theocratic political system has played a role in the especially high toll that coronavirus is taking on the Iranian people.

Shay Khatiri

21 Mar 2020 · 6 min read

How Long Before the Regime Falls in Iran?

Opposition to the regime is not just to be found in the clergy. It is wide and deep but also unfocused.

Art Keller

20 Jan 2020 · 12 min read

Iran’s Fawning Western Apologists

Many Western leftists repeated the Ayatollahs’ talking points.

Kaveh Shahrooz

8 Jan 2020 · 5 min read

PODCAST 66: Alireza Nader on the Political Unrest in Iran and the Regime's Brutal Crackdown

Alireza Nader, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, talks to Jonathan Kay about the recent political protests in Iran and the regime’s brutal response.

Quillette / Jonathan Kay

11 Dec 2019 · 1 min read

Iran Protests: It's not about Gas Prices

The protests went on for a few weeks, until the regime successfully repressed them with a violent crackdown, but economic conditions only worsened.

Shay Khatiri

28 Nov 2019 · 8 min read

The West's Betrayal of Iranian Dissidents

Iranians who yearn for democracy and an open, prosperous society at peace with the world are met with overwhelming indifference from the West’s media and political leaders.

Mariam Memarsadeghi

20 Jan 2019 · 10 min read