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Jul 31 2018 | Posted In: Publications
This past academic year has been an important and busy year for the Iranian Studies Program. It is increasingly necessary to study and teach a more nuanced and comprehensive understanding of modern Iran, to highlight its rich cultural, political, religious, and economic relevance, its...
Jun 15 2018
This year, a record number of students participated in the Global Studies minor program with a specialization in Iranian Studies. Ten students were enrolled and six graduated with minors in Iranian Studies this year. Congratulations to Nazgol Agah, Danya Kafai, Atussa Mohtasham, Cameron Ramos,...
Jun 12 2018
On Friday, March 2, 2018 the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies and the Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford University co-hosted a conference titled "The Islamic Republic of Iran: Continuity or Change?" The conference was moderated by Larry Diamond, Michael McFaul, Abbas...
May 21 2018
This June, seven Stanford students will graduate with a minor in Iranian Studies. This is the third (and largest) cohort to graduate with the new Stanford Global Studies/Iranian Studies minor. On May 16, five of the students presented their capstone papers at the first annual Stanford Global...
May 10 2018
On May 8, President Trump announced the US would withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and reimpose strict sanctions. The future of the JCPOA, negotiated under the Obama administration with the P5+1 and the European Union, remains uncertain.
