Dr. Abbas Milani on the Protests in Iran
As the recent protests in Iran continue, this page will be updated with relevant interviews, articles, and media from the Stanford Iranian Studies faculty director, Dr. Abbas Milani. Subscribe to the Iranian Studies weekly newsletter to receive regular updates or learn more from Dr. Milani's website.
"Stanford University Professor Abbas Milani on the Iran Crisis"
Interview with Stefan Onica | Mapamond, TVR INFO, January 18, 2026 (title translated from Romanian)
Interview with Esmir Milavić | N1 TV, January 20, 2026 (Bosnian language page)
Iran’s Crown Prince Has Become Indispensable
By Abbas Milani | Foreign Policy, January 16, 2026
Iran’s Crown Prince Has Become Indispensable
Interview | Radio Farda (in Persian), January 16, 2026
Iran’s Regime Is Losing Its Greatest Weapon: Fear
By Abbas Milani | New York Times, January 16, 2026
"In Iran, the mullahs' regime has never been so fascist"
Interview with Alix L'Hospital | L'Express (in French), January 15, 2026
McFaul’s World Podcast: Talking Iran with Abbas Milani
Interview with Dr. Michael McFaul | January 15, 2026
"Khamenei is a corpse, the Revolutionary Guards will bury him"
Interview with Marta Allevato | Agenzia Italia (in Italian), January 15, 2026
Examining history of Islamic regime in Iran
Interview with Shawna Khalafi | Fox Live Now, January 13, 2026
‘The Iranian people don’t fear this bloody regime,’ says expert
Interview with Bianna Golodryga | Amanpour, CNN, January 12, 2026
'The precarious position of the Iranian regime is unprecedented'
Interview with Hamdam Mostafavi | Libération (in French), January 12, 2026
Source of protests is ‘internal discontent’
Interview | Al Jazeera interview with Folly Bah Thibault, January 11, 2026
Interview with Trudy McIntosh clip 1 | clip 2 | clip 3 | clip 4
Interview | Sky News Australia, January 11, 2026
Ali Khamenei: A Profile in Dogma
By Abbas Milani | Liberties, Volume 6, Number 2
"We will experience a free Iran"
Interview | Frankfurter Allgemeine (in German), January 9, 2026
Dr. Abbas Milani Weighs in on Iran’s Ongoing “Revolutionary Situation”
Interview | Guy Benson Show, January 8, 2026
Iran is on the edge of revolution
By Abbas Milani | The New Statesman, January 8, 2026