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
Arash Azizi: "These folks defended the Assad regime as he murdered hundreds of thousands of his own citizens in cold blood and used chemical weapons against them. You think they’ll stop at a few Iranian political prisoners?"
Iran and Israel - Will They Fight Forever? 5 Oct 6-7:30pm In his new book 'Vortex: Iran, Israel and the Eighty Years that Transformed the Middle East' Arash Azizi offers the first single-volume account to trace the full arc of the Iran-Israel relationship. www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Arash Azizi: Iran and Israel - Will They Fight Forever?
Arash Azizi will discuss his new book 'Vortex: Iran, Israel and the Eighty Years that Transformed the Middle East'
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Friends in London! In a week and half I am in your town, talking at UCL about my upcoming book on Iran and Israel. Come say hello! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arash-aziz...
Arash Azizi: Iran and Israel - Will They Fight Forever?
Arash Azizi will discuss his new book 'Vortex: Iran, Israel and the Eighty Years that Transformed the Middle East'
eventbrite.co.uk
Democrats could be tempted to try to impeach Donald Trump a third time if they take over the House—but there’s a more effective accountability measure they might explore, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily:
Who Would a Democratic House Impeach?
Lawmakers could be tempted to impeach Trump—but there’s another accountability measure they might explore instead.
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I wrote about the DSA, its internal divisions & public attention. My basic point: American socialists have a historic opportunity to show millions what democratic socialism for 21st century can look like; but they need to settle on their own identity first. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
DSA’s Problem Isn’t ‘Media Training’
Authoritarian extremists are speaking for American socialists, and a lot of people don’t like what they say.
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The idea that the DSA’s popularity troubles could be solved by media-training its leaders is surely comforting—but it is also wrong, @arashtehran.bsky.social argues:
DSA’s Problem Isn’t ‘Media Training’
Authoritarian extremists are speaking for American socialists, and a lot of people don’t like what they say.
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Exciting end-of-summer news: The New Censorship is out in paperback! Thanks to my heroes @arusbridger.bsky.social, @arashtehran.bsky.social, @janemartinson.bsky.social, @swaisbord.bsky.social for endorsing it & to my legendary friend @maitlis.bsky.social for the moving preface 🔥 shorturl.at/li5Ib
Is Mojtaba Khamenei dead? And does it matter? I got to the bottom of it, speaking to gov officials and a relative of Mojtaba who told me "less than five people" have met him since he became leader. Read about it all! www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Is Mojtaba Khamenei Dead?
The office of Iran’s supreme leader has fallen quiet, fueling uncertainty in a country with decisions to make.
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Organizers convened 120 teenagers from across the country to compete in the Patriot Games. @mviser.bsky.social watched, and explores what this addition to the semiquincentennial events says about the country:
Hunger Games, MAGA Style
A gym-class-style competition might be the oddest 250th celebration yet.
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I wrote about the Mecca Pact and what it means for the two major countries outside of It: Iran and Israel. Let me know what you think! www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Tehran Has to Make a Choice
A new regional pact highlights Iran’s isolation.
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A new defense agreement in the Middle East isolates Iran—and suggests that it must make a stark choice about its future, Arash Azizi argues.
Tehran Has to Make a Choice
A new regional pact highlights Iran’s isolation.
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teaching abstinence is not sex ed - it is promoting teen pregnancy
New York Focus@nysfocus.com · 2mo agoThe Trump administration has canceled teen pregnancy prevention grants for three New York organizations as it shifts to boosting an abstinence-based approach to sex ed.
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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@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 · 3mo 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.
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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 · 4mo agoLet an alien walk your child.
