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
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I am writing a new book about Iran and Israel!
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www.theatlantic.com/internationa... a beautiful must read if you care about humanity and love movies
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What Iran’s Dead Loved and Fought For
A young woman’s online diaries about cinema and literature have become her epitaph.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:00 AM
www.theatlantic.com/internationa... a beautiful must read if you care about humanity and love movies
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Thank you Arash Azizi for writing this and @theatlantic.com for publishing it
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Thank you Arash Azizi for writing this and @theatlantic.com for publishing it
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We dropped this episode Monday with the talented @ntabrizy.bsky.social; today she was one of those affected by #washingtonpost cuts. So much talent from the foreign desk, investigations and overseas bureaus gutted. If you can, support, commission, hire 👇
February 4, 2026 at 7:11 PM
We dropped this episode Monday with the talented @ntabrizy.bsky.social; today she was one of those affected by #washingtonpost cuts. So much talent from the foreign desk, investigations and overseas bureaus gutted. If you can, support, commission, hire 👇
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Many see #Iran’s clerical leadership as glorifying a 47-year-old Islamic revolution that does not reflect their needs or desires. “People don't like the structures, the policies, they don't like the results of the policies,” @arashtehran.bsky.social told me www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
What do Iranians want – and how can they achieve it? | The National
Despite discontent with Islamic Republic rule, Iranians see few clear alternatives
www.thenationalnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Many see #Iran’s clerical leadership as glorifying a 47-year-old Islamic revolution that does not reflect their needs or desires. “People don't like the structures, the policies, they don't like the results of the policies,” @arashtehran.bsky.social told me www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
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“Those were alarms, you just didn’t want to listen,” is very good.
January 18, 2026 at 7:23 PM
“Those were alarms, you just didn’t want to listen,” is very good.
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I wrote about the Iranian protests, the challenges they face to bring about democratization and why I think the writing is on the wall for the Islamic Republic.
Let me know what you think!
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Let me know what you think!
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Islamic Republic Will Not Last
But the opposition has to start working together if something better is to follow.
www.theatlantic.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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In der aktuellen @jungle.world ist ein sehr informatives Interview über die Lage im #Iran mit @arashtehran.bsky.social erschienen 👇
jungle.world/artikel/2026...
jungle.world/artikel/2026...
January 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM
In der aktuellen @jungle.world ist ein sehr informatives Interview über die Lage im #Iran mit @arashtehran.bsky.social erschienen 👇
jungle.world/artikel/2026...
jungle.world/artikel/2026...
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We've analysed new videos published by @vahid.online that show rows of body bags at the Kahrizak mortuary in Tehran on 10 January.
We've counted at least 186 bodies in one clip and at least 178 bodies in another, although the true figure is likely much higher.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We've counted at least 186 bodies in one clip and at least 178 bodies in another, although the true figure is likely much higher.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tehran morgue videos show the brutality of Iran's crackdown on protesters
Distressing footage reveals nearly 200 bodies with one victim identified as young as 16.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 5:52 PM
We've analysed new videos published by @vahid.online that show rows of body bags at the Kahrizak mortuary in Tehran on 10 January.
We've counted at least 186 bodies in one clip and at least 178 bodies in another, although the true figure is likely much higher.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We've counted at least 186 bodies in one clip and at least 178 bodies in another, although the true figure is likely much higher.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I wrote about the Iranian protests, the challenges they face to bring about democratization and why I think the writing is on the wall for the Islamic Republic.
Let me know what you think!
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Let me know what you think!
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Islamic Republic Will Not Last
But the opposition has to start working together if something better is to follow.
www.theatlantic.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:21 PM
I wrote about the Iranian protests, the challenges they face to bring about democratization and why I think the writing is on the wall for the Islamic Republic.
Let me know what you think!
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Let me know what you think!
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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A good discussion from yesterday
It was great to join this Quincy Institute panel on implications of Iran protests. www.youtube.com/live/AHRh238...
Iran at a Crossroads: Protests, Repression, and the Risk of U.S. Military Escalation
YouTube video by Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
www.youtube.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:19 PM
A good discussion from yesterday
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"... the regime won’t be able to kill its way out of this crisis. The core policies of the 1979 revolution—puritanical sociocultural repression at home and anti-Western and anti-Israeli activity abroad—will have to be discarded." by @arashtehran.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Islamic Republic Will Not Last
But the opposition has to start working together if something better is to follow.
www.theatlantic.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:11 PM
"... the regime won’t be able to kill its way out of this crisis. The core policies of the 1979 revolution—puritanical sociocultural repression at home and anti-Western and anti-Israeli activity abroad—will have to be discarded." by @arashtehran.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Question for @arashtehran.bsky.social: how do you interpret this protest slogan? Iran First?
"No to Gaza; no to Lebanon; my life only for Iran.”
From:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
"No to Gaza; no to Lebanon; my life only for Iran.”
From:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Is the Iranian Regime About to Collapse?
Five conditions determine whether revolutions succeed. For the first time since 1979, Iran meets nearly all of them.
www.theatlantic.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Question for @arashtehran.bsky.social: how do you interpret this protest slogan? Iran First?
"No to Gaza; no to Lebanon; my life only for Iran.”
From:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
"No to Gaza; no to Lebanon; my life only for Iran.”
From:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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A couple of BOOK EVENTS:
Tomorrow night @arashtehran.bsky.social is doing an online event with Backstory. backstory.london/products/wha...
Then on the 27th @shippersunbound.bsky.social is talking to David McCloskey in Dulwich about his latest book:
www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
Tomorrow night @arashtehran.bsky.social is doing an online event with Backstory. backstory.london/products/wha...
Then on the 27th @shippersunbound.bsky.social is talking to David McCloskey in Dulwich about his latest book:
www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
January 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A couple of BOOK EVENTS:
Tomorrow night @arashtehran.bsky.social is doing an online event with Backstory. backstory.london/products/wha...
Then on the 27th @shippersunbound.bsky.social is talking to David McCloskey in Dulwich about his latest book:
www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
Tomorrow night @arashtehran.bsky.social is doing an online event with Backstory. backstory.london/products/wha...
Then on the 27th @shippersunbound.bsky.social is talking to David McCloskey in Dulwich about his latest book:
www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
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I spoke with Arash Azizi about what is different between US policy on Venezuela and Iran.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Change May Be Coming to Iran
Trump’s ouster of Venezuela’s president has the Islamic Republic on edge and the opposition energized.
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:46 PM
I spoke with Arash Azizi about what is different between US policy on Venezuela and Iran.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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ENTRE LES MOLLAHS, ISRAËL ET TRUMP : L’IRAN PRIS AU PIÈGE
@aminesnoussi.bsky.social reçoit @arashtehran.bsky.social dans ce nouvel Entretien d'Actu
www.lemediatv.fr/emissions/20...
@aminesnoussi.bsky.social reçoit @arashtehran.bsky.social dans ce nouvel Entretien d'Actu
www.lemediatv.fr/emissions/20...
Entre les Mollahs, Israël et Trump : l’Iran pris au piège | Le Média
Opposant au régime iranien, Arash Azizi alerte : entre la répression des mollahs, les menaces militaires de Trump et les calculs d’Israël, le peuple iranien est pris en étau.
www.lemediatv.fr
January 9, 2026 at 3:10 AM
ENTRE LES MOLLAHS, ISRAËL ET TRUMP : L’IRAN PRIS AU PIÈGE
@aminesnoussi.bsky.social reçoit @arashtehran.bsky.social dans ce nouvel Entretien d'Actu
www.lemediatv.fr/emissions/20...
@aminesnoussi.bsky.social reçoit @arashtehran.bsky.social dans ce nouvel Entretien d'Actu
www.lemediatv.fr/emissions/20...
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One of the most powerful images of the Iranian protests is that of an Iranian young woman burning Khamenei’s portrait, and lighting her cigarette with it.
Photographer unknown.
Photographer unknown.
January 8, 2026 at 10:41 PM
One of the most powerful images of the Iranian protests is that of an Iranian young woman burning Khamenei’s portrait, and lighting her cigarette with it.
Photographer unknown.
Photographer unknown.
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Change May Be Coming to Iran
Trump’s ouster of Venezuela’s president has the Islamic Republic on edge and the opposition energized.
@arashtehran.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trump’s ouster of Venezuela’s president has the Islamic Republic on edge and the opposition energized.
@arashtehran.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Change May Be Coming to Iran
Trump’s ouster of Venezuela’s president has the Islamic Republic on edge and the opposition energized.
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Change May Be Coming to Iran
Trump’s ouster of Venezuela’s president has the Islamic Republic on edge and the opposition energized.
@arashtehran.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trump’s ouster of Venezuela’s president has the Islamic Republic on edge and the opposition energized.
@arashtehran.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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ENTRE LES MOLLAHS, ISRAËL ET TRUMP : L’IRAN PRIS AU PIÈGE
@aminesnoussi.bsky.social reçoit @arashtehran.bsky.social dans ce nouvel Entretien d'Actu
www.lemediatv.fr/emissions/20...
@aminesnoussi.bsky.social reçoit @arashtehran.bsky.social dans ce nouvel Entretien d'Actu
www.lemediatv.fr/emissions/20...
Entre les Mollahs, Israël et Trump : l’Iran pris au piège | Le Média
Opposant au régime iranien, Arash Azizi alerte : entre la répression des mollahs, les menaces militaires de Trump et les calculs d’Israël, le peuple iranien est pris en étau.
www.lemediatv.fr
January 8, 2026 at 7:02 PM
ENTRE LES MOLLAHS, ISRAËL ET TRUMP : L’IRAN PRIS AU PIÈGE
@aminesnoussi.bsky.social reçoit @arashtehran.bsky.social dans ce nouvel Entretien d'Actu
www.lemediatv.fr/emissions/20...
@aminesnoussi.bsky.social reçoit @arashtehran.bsky.social dans ce nouvel Entretien d'Actu
www.lemediatv.fr/emissions/20...
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Listeners have been asking for a shoppable TGS bookshelf since we launched the show, so we’ve kindly obliged with the help of Bookshop!
You’ll be able to find books by our authors as well as the ones they’ve recommended on the pod, all while supporting indie bookstores! It’s really a win-win.
You’ll be able to find books by our authors as well as the ones they’ve recommended on the pod, all while supporting indie bookstores! It’s really a win-win.
January 4, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Listeners have been asking for a shoppable TGS bookshelf since we launched the show, so we’ve kindly obliged with the help of Bookshop!
You’ll be able to find books by our authors as well as the ones they’ve recommended on the pod, all while supporting indie bookstores! It’s really a win-win.
You’ll be able to find books by our authors as well as the ones they’ve recommended on the pod, all while supporting indie bookstores! It’s really a win-win.
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I really feel like the Tate Modern might be turning a corner. After years of incredibly tedious and annoying captions alongside very poorly conceived exhibitions, both Nigerian Modernism and the Emily Kam Kngwarray (closes on 11 January) are a massive return to form.
January 4, 2026 at 2:09 PM
I really feel like the Tate Modern might be turning a corner. After years of incredibly tedious and annoying captions alongside very poorly conceived exhibitions, both Nigerian Modernism and the Emily Kam Kngwarray (closes on 11 January) are a massive return to form.
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CNN just pointed it out, but since no one has posted it yet, I'll be that guy. Here's today's round of Kill Your Inner Mercator: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Venezuela in a way your brain can handle
January 3, 2026 at 6:30 PM
CNN just pointed it out, but since no one has posted it yet, I'll be that guy. Here's today's round of Kill Your Inner Mercator: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Venezuela in a way your brain can handle
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Trump on María Corina Machado: "I think it'd be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn't have the support or the respect within the country. She's a very nice woman but she doesn't have the respect."
January 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Trump on María Corina Machado: "I think it'd be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn't have the support or the respect within the country. She's a very nice woman but she doesn't have the respect."
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i think that people really underestimate reality that
1) administration has no doctrine, it is really about a single, mercurial, and half-awake man
2) the administration is a constantly churning system with factions that rise and fall contextually
3) might not have happened if trump tower caracas
1) administration has no doctrine, it is really about a single, mercurial, and half-awake man
2) the administration is a constantly churning system with factions that rise and fall contextually
3) might not have happened if trump tower caracas
January 3, 2026 at 11:15 AM
i think that people really underestimate reality that
1) administration has no doctrine, it is really about a single, mercurial, and half-awake man
2) the administration is a constantly churning system with factions that rise and fall contextually
3) might not have happened if trump tower caracas
1) administration has no doctrine, it is really about a single, mercurial, and half-awake man
2) the administration is a constantly churning system with factions that rise and fall contextually
3) might not have happened if trump tower caracas
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FOX & FRIENDS: What do you think is next for the Venezuelan people now that you have removed Maduro so he can face American justice?
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
January 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
FOX & FRIENDS: What do you think is next for the Venezuelan people now that you have removed Maduro so he can face American justice?
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
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Can the protesters prevail against the Islamic Republic? Arash Azizi looks at the Iranian movement's challenges and prospects:
Iranians Have Had Enough
Fed up with their country’s economic decline, Iranians have taken to the streets.
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January 3, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Can the protesters prevail against the Islamic Republic? Arash Azizi looks at the Iranian movement's challenges and prospects: