professor of international relations at New York University, Columbia University Fellow, Iranian-American scholar and a former political prisoner released as part of the Iran nuclear deal made during the Obama administration. Kian, thank you so much for joining us. How are you feeling about Moshtaba Khamenei as Iran's next leader.And what is this going to mean for Iran's future. Well, thank you for inviting me, Anna. First, let me say that my perspective is shaped both as a scholar and an analyst, but also ...

🚨LATEST: ZOHRAN MAMDANI CALLS IRANIAN GOVERNMENT “BRUTAL”New York city mayor, Zohran Mamdani, said the Iranian government has engaged in systematic repression, in a recent statement.He stated thousands of Iranians were killed earlier this year.The victims were reportedly protesting peacefully.He described the crackdown as severe and sustained. He called the government “brutal” in his remarks. ...

Palivy's father was the last king. Muhammad Razo Palibi was close to the United States, but he brutally suppressed opposition and showered friends with lavish wealth. In 1979, he left Iran amid rising political tension and a hardline cleric, Ayatollah Kmeni, returned from exile to lead a revolution. Iranians blamed the US for supporting the king and revolutionaries overran the US embassy in Tehran and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. Your father's reign is remembered for repression and opulent wealth ...

Iranian state television confirmed early Sunday morning, Iran Standard Time, that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader for nearly four decades, has died. He was 85. Khamenei was a constant in the world’s most turbulent region: In power for nearly 37 years, and only the second person to hold the title of supreme leader since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, his reign was characterized by near-total control and repression of his critics and dissidents. And he harbored — and fomented — deep disd ...

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