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The Grind
"Why was I working so hard to take part in the same system responsible for much of the instability and death plaguing the Third World?" writes Sazi. (Courtesy of Arshia Sazi and Wikimedia Commons)

Deciphering the guilt and faith of the Iranian diaspora

Arshia Sazi
  •  
Feb. 16
The Grind
Bahram Beyzai, former Stanford lecturer, was an acclaimed Iranian playwright and filmmaker. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Celebrating a polymath in an age that has nearly forgotten the word

Sam Samani
  •  
Jan. 7
World & Nation
journalist Jason Rezaian speaks in Encina Commons, seated at a table

Former journalist and Iranian prisoner advocates for humanity over politics

Alana Belle M. Tirado
  •  
Oct. 28, 2024
World & Nation
(Photo: VIANEY ESPINOZA-QUIROZ/The Stanford Daily)

Experts condemn state hostage-taking, call for international action

Helen Katz
  •  
Oct. 28, 2024
News
A man addresses an audience from a seat at a conference room table.

Turkish author delves into religion’s role in mass atrocities

Aaliyah Agyen
  •  
May 3, 2024
World & Nation
Arghavan Salles holds a sign at a protest.

‘Women, life, freedom’: Students plan rally for Iran on International Women’s Day

Caroline Chen
  •  
March 7, 2023
University
The Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE), housed in Building 360. Arches and Hoover Tower visible at dusk.

Protestors call for solidarity with the people of Iran, demand social and democratic freedoms

Sebastian Strawser
  •  
Dec. 1, 2022
News
H.R. McMaster (left) and Thomas Gilligan (right) discuss the geopolitics of COVID-19 during a Hoover webinar on Thursday. (Photo: NICHOLAS MIDLER/The Stanford Daily)

Blasting COVID-19 response in China, McMaster advocates ‘bypass’ of foreign firewalls to spread truth

Nicholas Midler
  •  
April 24, 2020
News
Academics argued whether “the maximum pressure campaign against Iran is working” in a wide-ranging conversation that grew most heated around the killing of Soleimani and the impact of sanctions on the Iranian people. (Photo: ERIN WOO / The Stanford Daily)

‘I don’t really care what international law said’: H.R. McMaster debates Soleimani killing, Iran

Erin Woo
  •  
March 5, 2020
Opinions
a young woman with a "No War with Iran" protest sign

Young people are consistent on war

Cyrus Beschloss
  •  
March 3, 2020
Op-Ed Columnist
A man washes "Yankee Go Home" from a wall during a citywide cleanup following the 1953 coup d'état in the Iranian capital of Tehran. (Courtesy of AP)

WWIII memes betray our lack of empathy — and knowledge of history

Emily Wilder
  •  
Jan. 26, 2020
Speakers & Events
In a panel moderated by Michael McFaul, (from left to right) Colin Kahl, Abbas Milani, Lisa Blaydes and Brett McGurk shared their perspectives on what the future of U.S.-Iran relations may entail, drawing on their research and past experiences serving in international affairs. (Photo: PATRICIA WEI/ The Stanford Daily).

Stanford experts express concern for far-reaching implications of strike on Qasem Soleimani

Emma Smith and Patricia Wei
  •  
Jan. 13, 2020
Speakers & Events
The Hoover Institution

Hoover event calls for national unity to combat threat faced by rising Eurasian powers

Berber Jin
  •  
Sept. 24, 2019
News
Courtesy of Pamela Karimi

Iranian Studies program hosts speaker to discuss art and activism

Yusra Arub
  •  
May 10, 2019
Featured
MATTHEW DARDET/The Stanford Daily

Panel addresses demographics, technology and challenges in the Middle East

Matthew Dardet
  •  
April 23, 2019
Wikimedia Commons

Former Trump National Security Advisor to return to Hoover

Sean Chen and Holden Foreman
  •  
July 2, 2018
Dennis Ross, a diplomat, served under multiple administrations (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Dennis Ross talks Middle East politics, two-state solution

Adesuwa Agbonile
  •  
April 19, 2018
(YASMIN SAMRAI/The Stanford Daily)

In second Tanner Lecture, Power addresses U.S. diplomacy during Trump administration

Yasmin Samrai
  •  
March 2, 2018
Taraneh Alidoosti as “Rana” (left) and Shahab Hosseini as “Emad” (right) in The Salesman directed by Asghar Farhadi. Photo courtesy of Amazon Studios and Cohen Media Group

Asghar Farhadi captivates with almost perfect ‘The Salesman’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
Jan. 31, 2017
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Stanford scholar reveals complex view of Islam in Iranian poetry

Aditi Chatradhi
  •  
Aug. 17, 2016
The Stanford Daily

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