Program News & Announcements
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Daniel Khalessi, International Relations '13, reflects on his time as an undergraduate student at Stanford. He was the first student to receive a Certificate in Iranian Studies.
Daniel recently became the first…
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By Dr. Pooya Azadi and Matin Mirramezani
The Iranian economy is experiencing a severe bout of instability which, in terms of scope and depth, has no historical precedence since the end of the Iran-Iraq war three decades ago.…
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- Students
In the fall of 2019, the Iranian Studies Program highlights Persian cooking and cuisine. Through a new cooking course and book talks, we hope to share the traditions, unique flavors, and rich history of Iran's culinary legacy.…
- In the News
August 20, 2019
"Enlightened citizens, NGOs, international institutions and concerned governments have often sought ways to help the democratic…
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By Abbas Milani
"A perilous impasse exists between the Trump administration’s strident policy of “maximum pressure” and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s no less strident policy of “no negotiation” …
Pierce at the Carnegie Endowment during his summer internship (2019)
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By Pierce Lowary (class of 2021)
Pierce is studying Computer Science (planning an individually-designed major in cyber and international security) and minoring in Iranian Studies. He is…
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We are excited to announce that the Iranian Studies Program has relocated from Encina Hall West to the newly revitalized and renovated first floor of Encina Commons.
Our new address is:
Iranian Studies Program…
Page from one of Shahrokh Meskoob's notebooks, now in the Green Library archive.
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- In the News
The papers of Shahrokh Meskoob, one of modern Iran’s most respected and acclaimed public intellectuals, literary critics, memoirists, and Shahnameh scholar and…
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Op-ed by Abbas Milani
"The U.S. is inching closer to a military confrontation with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The chances of a full-fledged war are only tempered by the fact that the majority of the House, a small…
Jason Rezaian and Brett McGurk have become close friends following Jason’s release from Iranian prison.
Photo credit: Ari Chasnoff
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Written by Ari Chasnoff, Stanford FSI
Jason Rezaian came to campus to discuss his new book, Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison, with Brett McGurk, the former special presidential envoy for the…
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By: Sadra Sadeh, Matin Mirramezani, Mohsen B. Mesgaran, Amin Feizpour, and Pooya Azadi.
"Iran is showing an exceptional increase in the annual number of publications at a rate that leaves other fast-developing…
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The Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program is pleased to partner with the Stanford Global Studies Internship Program to provide a new internship opportunity for Stanford students. This is a great research opportunity in the heart of…
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- Students
The Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program is pleased to partner with the Stanford Global Studies Internship Program to provide a new internship opportunity for Stanford students. This is a great research opportunity in the heart of…
Mahsa Vahdat, center, with the Kronos Quartet (left to right, David Harrington, John Sherba, Hank Dutt and Sunny Yang) performing its "Music for Change: The...
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As a direct protest to the 2017 Executive Orders limiting travel to the United States by people from largely Muslim-majority countries, San Francisco’s Grammy Award–winning Kronos Quartet created a new program featuring music from the original…
Imprisoned Iranian human rights activist Farhad Meysami has been on a hunger strike since Aug. 1. (Center for Human Rights in Iran)
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Washington Post article by Abbas Milani, Larry Diamond, Francis Fukuyama, and Michael McFaul
"In recent weeks, moral outrage has been stirred by the barbaric war that Saudi Arabia has waged in Yemen, by the Saudi government’s brutal…