Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi and Golnar Nikpour

Iran, 1997-2022: Reform, Reaction, and Crisis

18 Nov 2022
Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran. This is the fifth and final episode in what is now a FIVE-part series. We begin this episode in 1997, with reformist cleric...

Iran, 1979-1997: Islamic Republic, War, and Thermidor

15 Nov 2022
Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran. This is the fourth episode in what is now a FIVE-part series. We pick up in the wake of the Islamic Revolution as...

Iran, 1941-1953: Tudeh, Mosaddegh, Oil, and the CIA-MI6 Coup

01 Nov 2022
Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran. This is the second episode in our four-part series. We begin in 1941 with the British-Soviet occupation of Iran, the ouster of Reza...