As Iran finds itself at war, the regime is waging war on its own people. I wrote about it. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Iran’s War Within
The Islamic Republic’s ultimate target remains its own people.
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Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی
@arashtehran.bsky.social
Author WHAT IRANIANS WANT http://bit.ly/3IBwY9k SHADOW CMDER https://bit.ly/3KxlTqU | Historian at @yale | Writer @theatlantic | Repped by Aevitas
@ahylton26.bsky.social 💫 @ms.now w/an excellent segment on the latest Trump Iran War. Trump using profanity on his FOX network, back to "violent and chaotic claims" at the 6-month mark. @arashtehran.bsky.social explained 'new phase' with Saudi Arabia strikes, but they will not give up on Palestine.
Arash Azizi: "Historic moment in Turkish politics: after Erdogan staged a take-over of Turkey’s main opposition party, CHP, handing it to a small faction in the party, the party’s main leadership and most of its MPs to leave establish a new party: the New Party."
My hit on @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social last night, discussing Trump, the Houthis… and Iran, with @arashtehran.bsky.social and @ayman.msnbc.com www.linkedin.com/posts/bobby-...
My hit on MS Now last night, discussing Trump, the Houthis… and Iran. | Bobby Ghosh
My hit on MS Now last night, discussing Trump, the Houthis… and Iran.
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Feed: "The Atlantic" By: Arash Azizi on Friday, July 17, 2026
Where the War Is Still a War
The southern coast of Iran is still getting battered. Some Iranians want their government’s hawks to see for themselves.
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Did Mossad recruit Iran’s Holocaust-denying president? Historian @arashtehran.bsky.social says one of the biggest questions isn't just whether the alleged Mossad recruitment happened—but why details of such a sensitive operation would emerge now? www.iranintl.com/en/202607140...
Did Mossad recruit Iran’s Holocaust-denying president?
The alleged recruitment of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by Mossad reads like a spy thriller and has been denied by his office. But it has renewed interest in Iran's most controversial president—and the ruthles...
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Breaks my heart that the beautiful and magical south of Iran is being destroyed Nice piece by @arashtehran.bsky.social on the subject highlighting that so many Iranians wished the hardliners “had as much zeal for southern Iran” as they have “for southern Lebanon” www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Where the War Is Still a War
The southern coast of Iran is still getting battered. Some Iranians want their government’s hawks to see for themselves.
theatlantic.com
Where the War Is Still a War The southern coast of Iran is still getting battered. Some Iranians want their government’s hawks to see for themselves. @arashtehran.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Where the War Is Still a War
The southern coast of Iran is still getting battered. Some Iranians want their government’s hawks to see for themselves.
theatlantic.com
While politicians in Tehran talk of acclimating to a state of “neither war nor peace,” Iran’s southern coast is getting battered by air strikes, and civilians are paying the price, @arashtehran.bsky.social reports:
Where the War Is Still a War
The southern coast of Iran is still getting battered. Some Iranians want their government’s hawks to see for themselves.
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Why have we forgotten about Democratic Communists? Those who who led mass communist parties, won elections, ran excellent municipal governments in Italy, France, India, Japan, etc. You've heard me yap on this but here is my long-ish essay. www.theideasletter.org/essay/hammer...
Hammer and Ballot
Communism is often remembered as undemocratic, the ideology that undergirded the authoritarian regimes of Lenin, Mao, Stalin, Tito, and Castro. Working against this blinkered view, Azizi recovers a po...
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talked a bit about this case on today's Radio Atlantic—the fact that it happened in Texas highlights the limitations of the hyperlocal approach to prosecuting these cases, now that the federal government isn't interested. how much will houston prosecutors be able to get done?
Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 4w ago"This is the exact spot that Lorenzo took his final breath," said Cesar Espinosa, executive director of FIEL Houston. "And in the spirit of solidarity, I don't know about you, but I say, if they come for one of us, they come for all of us." www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/civ...
Canada's prime minister is talking about restoring diplomatic relations with Iran, but that doesn't necessarily benefit the Islamic Republic—and could even help its opponents, Arash Azizi argues:
Canada Should Start Talking With Iran
Restoring diplomatic ties doesn’t necessarily benefit the Islamic Republic and can even help its opponents.
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Should Canada re-establish diplomatic ties with Iran like Mark Carney suggested? My fellow anti-regime Iranian-Canadians often say NO. But I think the answer should be YES. I wrote why. Let me know what you think!
Canada Should Start Talking With Iran
Restoring diplomatic ties doesn’t necessarily benefit the Islamic Republic and can even help its opponents.
theatlantic.com
I spoke to France 24. It was 7 am so excuse my looks.
Iran needs to 'normalise relations with the US somehow' to save economy, expert says
Iranian leaders joined prayers Sunday over the casket of late supreme leader Ali Khamenei during a second day of funeral ceremonies. Arash Azizi, contribuing writer at the Atlantic, said Iran needs to...
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The terms of the deal with the United States look good for Iran, but they’ve still proved controversial within the Islamic Republic, Arash Azizi argues:
Iran Got a Great Deal That It Could Still Squander
For some forces in Iran, no agreement is a good agreement with the United States.
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In 1971, Japan’s National Police Agency standardized pedestrian crossing signs. The original reference art was non-alien, but various manufacturers in prefectures around the country had to copy the original stencils to create their own. Over time, physical degradation in the stencils led to:
Redacted@matttttthews.bsky.social · last mo.Let an alien walk your child.
Following the MoU, an assessment of the internal dynamics of the regime between the ultra-hardliners and the developmentists over the choices to be made in the coming negotiations with the US:
Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی@arashtehran.bsky.social · 2mo agoYou all know about the American debate on the MoU debate. But I wrote about the Iranian debate. Let me know what you think! www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Important to note: Hamgami, the main liberal/center-left coalition in the Iranian opposition, has backed the MoU “You hear a lot of vaugue things about 'Iranian people' and less actual reportage of what forces in the Iranian opposition are saying.” @arashtehran.bsky.social hamgami.org?p=1700
از امضای تفاهمنامه میان ایران و آمریکا استقبال میکنیم - همگامی
ما تفاهم نامه فی مابین ایران و آمریکا را گامی مثبت در جهت کاهش تنشها، دور شدن خطر جنگ و فراهم شدن زمینه حل اختلافات از مسیر دیپلماسی میدانیم. این تفاهمنامه اگر به توافقی پایدار، متوازن و مبتنی بر م...
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Excellent and essential reading by @arashtehran.bsky.social Iran Got a Great Deal That It Could Still Squander For some forces in Iran, no agreement is a good agreement with the United States. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Iran Got a Great Deal That It Could Still Squander
For some forces in Iran, no agreement is a good agreement with the United States.
theatlantic.com
You all know about the American debate on the MoU debate. But I wrote about the Iranian debate. Let me know what you think! www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Iran Got a Great Deal That It Could Still Squander
For some forces in Iran, no agreement is a good agreement with the United States.
theatlantic.com
“They are authoritarian and they’re thugs, to be clear. But they care about keeping their own economic interests, which means social peace as much as they can, and which means deals with the US,” @arashtehran.bsky.social acting, pragmatically, to survive.
Rima I Anabtawi@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 2mo agoIran hardliners rage over US deal, but experts say regime is closing ranks Negar Mojtahedi with an in depth look for @iraninternational.bsky.social www.iranintl.com/en/202606158...
I suspected there was a reason the Bosnian players weren't singing along to the anthem and it turns out it has no official lyrics because they can't come up with a set of lyrics the country's various ethnic groups agree upon
Catch me live on MS Now in about 90 mins
The Weekend: Primetime@theweekendprime.bsky.social · 2mo agoTONIGHT - Americans cheer Trump's latest humiliation: having his name stripped from the Kennedy Center. Plus, Trump is set to mark his birthday (and America's) with a White House cage fight, and can Americans believe ANYTHING the White House says about Trump's health?
TONIGHT - Americans cheer Trump's latest humiliation: having his name stripped from the Kennedy Center. Plus, Trump is set to mark his birthday (and America's) with a White House cage fight, and can Americans believe ANYTHING the White House says about Trump's health?
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"Have the #Iranians come out of the war with an upper hand? 'Definitely,' Hertling says" @arashtehran.bsky.social @markhertling.bsky.social @msnowreports.bsky.social @ms.now @ahylton26.bsky.social on YouTube youtu.be/CarMKv1DYwU?...
Have the Iranians come out of the war with an upper hand? 'Definitely,' Hertling says
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"Acting like if we just change the leader to someone who's less obnoxious to me personally, that that somehow changes the situation...when we haven't changed the regime...is crazy." @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu tells @timmiller.bsky.social why Trump’s Venezuela victory lap is built on fantasy.
