Azadeh Kian & Ali Fathollah-Nejad: INSIDE IRAN - REGIME RESILIENCE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR CHANGE

Solmaz Khorsand in conversation with Ali Fathollah-Nejad &
Azadeh Kian





INSIDE IRAN - REGIME RESILIENCE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR
CHANGE





There is a saying among Iranians. ‚There will always be a market
for Iran experts.‘ And they are right. Since the revolution in
1979 and the Islamist takeover, the world has been captivated and
frightened by the (wannabe) regional hegemon whose rulers have
suppressed the population, particularly women and minorities,
funded terrorist groups in the region, and toyed with the nuclear
threat of becoming a nuclear power. Since 13 June, when Israel
attacked Iranian soil and the 12-day war that followed, a fragile
ceasefire has been in place. Commentators around the world
foresee the next round coming soon and expect it to be more
brutal and lethal than the first.


How stable is the Islamic Republic’s regime? What would happen if
the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, were to die? Can Iran’s
democracy movement, which has survived for the past 46 years,
gain momentum and lead the country towards a free and democratic
future? A feminist revolution on the horizon as it was called for
during the „Woman, life, freedom“ protests after the death of
Mahsa Jina Amini in 2022?





To discuss these issues, renowned experts Azadeh Kian and Ali
Fathollah-Nejad will join journalist Solmaz Khorsand for a
conversation that will provide insight into the inner workings of
the Iranian regime, the mistakes of the West, and the long
history of Iranian resistance.





Solmaz Khorsand, Independent journalist and
podcaster; fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM)





Ali Fathollah-Nejad, German-Iranian political
scientist, Director of the Center for Middle East and Global
Order (CMEG), and author of most recently Iran – How the West
Betrayed its Values and Interests (in German) (Berlin: Aufbau).





Azadeh Kian, Iranian-French academic, Professor
of Sociology, director of the Social Sciences department and
director of the Center for Gender and Feminist Studies at the
University Paris Cité