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[IranAlert] State Media in Iran Call Israeli Diplomats' Killer ‘Basij Comrade’
This is the NUFDI IranAlert—concise, timely analysis offering unique insights into breaking news and major developments inside Iran. Each short brief provides a fresh angle, highlighting trends, reactions, and overlooked internal dynamics shaping Iran and the Islamic Republic. State Media in Iran...
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[IranAlert] Regime Affiliates in Iran Celebrate Killing of 2 Israeli Diplomats in D.C.
This is the NUFDI IranAlert—concise, timely analysis offering unique insights into breaking news and major developments inside Iran. Each short brief provides a fresh angle, highlighting trends, reactions, and overlooked internal dynamics shaping Iran and the Islamic Republic. While the Islamic...
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Biden-Harris Administration Stalls on MAHSA Act
Today, September 16, marks the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s murder, which sparked the largest anti-government protests in the 45-year history of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In solidarity, the Iranian diaspora in the United States lobbied lawmakers to impose human rights abuse sanctions on...
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Fifty Iranian Activists Write a Letter to President Biden Asking for Help...Again
Written by Visiting Fellow Vafa Fanaii At the onset of the Biden administration, a group of Iranian activists wrote a letter to President Biden, drawing attention to the pro-democracy movement in Iran and expressing their opposition to the regime and its repressive policies. This letter represented...
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Crime and Punishment: the Islamic Republic Version
Written by NUFDI Summer Fellow Armita Hooman Imagine seeing a man holding a bloody knife and a severed head, blood dripping from the blade as he walked around town. What would you think? How would you expect the law to punish him? Now, imagine sitting in a taxi not knowing whether the driver is a...
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Skepticism, Conspiracy Theories, and the Gap Between the Iranian State and Nation
Throughout the last week, Persian Twitter has been a hotbed of opinions and videos dissecting the officially announced results of the Islamic Republic's election. Despite the announced turnout rates of 40 and 50 percent in the first and second rounds of the election respectively, viral hashtags...
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Norooz is Not About Gaza
In his Norooz message, President Joe Biden congratulated Iranians, including Iranian- Americans, on our new year. He pledged to continue to support Iranians in their struggle against tyranny—days after giving the tyrants $10 billion. Most curiously, he also assured his audience that he was working...
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The Cost of Complacency: The Islamic Republic Gains as America Steps Back
The Islamic Republic is besting the United States. Over the past two decades, as the American public has tired of engagement in the Middle East after it peaked in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, the Iranian dictatorship and its terrorist proxies have won the war of wills in the...
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A Letter from Evin Prison: Mahvash Sabet
The Islamic Republic has “Disqualified” us Baha’is from Living When the revolution happened, I was 26 years old, working as the principal of a school in the south of the capital [Tehran]. One day, I received word that I had been “disqualified” from my job. Around the same time, I was also...