Maryam Jamshidi
@msjamshidi.bsky.social
Law Prof. Interested in Intl law, national security, sanctions, & SWANA (aka the Middle East & North Africa).
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My latest law review article "Securitizing the University" just dropped. It interrogates the university's relationship to the US nat'l security state both historically & since Oct 7. This relationship is at the heart of attacks against universities over the last 2 yrs papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
More reporting on the possibility of de-escalation and negotiations to avert the United States's illegal war on Iran x.com/Alihashem/st...
January 31, 2026 at 9:33 PM
More reporting on the possibility of de-escalation and negotiations to avert the United States's illegal war on Iran x.com/Alihashem/st...
From Israeli media, suggesting Trump is blinking….
January 31, 2026 at 8:11 PM
From Israeli media, suggesting Trump is blinking….
From Al Jazeera English's Ali Hashem who is in Iran x.com/Alihashem/st...
January 31, 2026 at 8:07 PM
From Al Jazeera English's Ali Hashem who is in Iran x.com/Alihashem/st...
Analysis on Iran’s best case scenario if the US attacks x.com/citrinowicz/...
January 31, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Analysis on Iran’s best case scenario if the US attacks x.com/citrinowicz/...
I don’t work on the Law of Sea, but that regime as well as the laws on the use of force would likely apply to any decision by Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz. An article from 2012 - examining Iran’s threat to mine the strait in response to US sanctions - reached this conclusion:
January 31, 2026 at 7:39 PM
I don’t work on the Law of Sea, but that regime as well as the laws on the use of force would likely apply to any decision by Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz. An article from 2012 - examining Iran’s threat to mine the strait in response to US sanctions - reached this conclusion:
This is insane. The entire global order is being held hostage by a bunch of megalomaniacs and fascists, using starvation practices/analogies to bend the entire system to their will. x.com/usambun/stat...
January 31, 2026 at 7:17 PM
This is insane. The entire global order is being held hostage by a bunch of megalomaniacs and fascists, using starvation practices/analogies to bend the entire system to their will. x.com/usambun/stat...
More on the explosions heard around Iran today x.com/bashareport/...
January 31, 2026 at 6:50 PM
More on the explosions heard around Iran today x.com/bashareport/...
Reposted by Maryam Jamshidi
When Mahmoud Khalil was first abducted, Chuck Schumer's on-record response was: "If he broke the law, he should be deported."
Trump later needled Schumer: "He’s not Jewish any more. He’s a Palestinian"
Trump later needled Schumer: "He’s not Jewish any more. He’s a Palestinian"
January 31, 2026 at 6:40 PM
When Mahmoud Khalil was first abducted, Chuck Schumer's on-record response was: "If he broke the law, he should be deported."
Trump later needled Schumer: "He’s not Jewish any more. He’s a Palestinian"
Trump later needled Schumer: "He’s not Jewish any more. He’s a Palestinian"
Reposted by Maryam Jamshidi
We always knew they were just Nazis. The scary thing is that a large proportion of US Jews joined their political coalition specifically to target Palestinians
They used "anti-semitism" as a pretext to deport foreign-born students and chill free speech, and their deportation chief -- the one with the nonstandard Hugo Boss-style greatcoat -- was spouting anti-semitic insults at a US attorney
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
January 31, 2026 at 6:21 PM
We always knew they were just Nazis. The scary thing is that a large proportion of US Jews joined their political coalition specifically to target Palestinians
January 31, 2026 at 6:47 PM
An image posted by Iran FM Abbas Araghchi . Basic message: a country located several oceans away is trying to dictate how Iran should behave in its own neighborhood. Araghchi’s message to the US: we will not be cowed by you, go home x.com/araghchi/sta...
January 31, 2026 at 6:45 PM
An image posted by Iran FM Abbas Araghchi . Basic message: a country located several oceans away is trying to dictate how Iran should behave in its own neighborhood. Araghchi’s message to the US: we will not be cowed by you, go home x.com/araghchi/sta...
Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council who was just in Russia meeting with Russian officials x.com/alilarijani_...
January 31, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council who was just in Russia meeting with Russian officials x.com/alilarijani_...
Reposted by Maryam Jamshidi
Something not really discussed on here (for whatever reason) is that Israel was genuinely hit quite hard by the ballistic missile barrages last year and this is the central reason why the US now demands that Iran, on top of accepting zero enrichment, also curtail its missile stockpile
January 31, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Something not really discussed on here (for whatever reason) is that Israel was genuinely hit quite hard by the ballistic missile barrages last year and this is the central reason why the US now demands that Iran, on top of accepting zero enrichment, also curtail its missile stockpile
Israel/US reportedly looking to ignite a “spark” to start bombing Iran - trying to bait Iran to strike them first. Today’s explosions across Iran may have been part of this strategy
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January 31, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Israel/US reportedly looking to ignite a “spark” to start bombing Iran - trying to bait Iran to strike them first. Today’s explosions across Iran may have been part of this strategy
x.com/visionergeo/...
x.com/visionergeo/...
I remember the illegal US invasion of Iraq. There was so much global push back both at the govt & popular level. Besides some regional govts trying hard to stop this, people are just resigned to this happening. Another illegal US war, another nail in the coffin of intl law x.com/visionergeo/...
January 31, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I remember the illegal US invasion of Iraq. There was so much global push back both at the govt & popular level. Besides some regional govts trying hard to stop this, people are just resigned to this happening. Another illegal US war, another nail in the coffin of intl law x.com/visionergeo/...
Lots of reporting abt explosions in 2 key cities in Iran today. Bandar Abbas is strategically located on the Strait of Hormuz, an intl waterway w/in Iran’s territorial waters which many believe Iran will shut down if the US strikes x.com/gbrew24/stat...
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January 31, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Lots of reporting abt explosions in 2 key cities in Iran today. Bandar Abbas is strategically located on the Strait of Hormuz, an intl waterway w/in Iran’s territorial waters which many believe Iran will shut down if the US strikes x.com/gbrew24/stat...
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If the US bombs Iran on Sunday - as some speculate - it'll likely have been chosen partly 4 its symbolism. It was on Feb 1, 1979 that Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran, after 14 yrs in exile, leading to the official fall of the Shah's govt. Sunday is the 47th anniversary of that date.
January 31, 2026 at 1:09 AM
If the US bombs Iran on Sunday - as some speculate - it'll likely have been chosen partly 4 its symbolism. It was on Feb 1, 1979 that Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran, after 14 yrs in exile, leading to the official fall of the Shah's govt. Sunday is the 47th anniversary of that date.
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Scoop: Federal agents were told this week that they have broader power to arrest people without a warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo reviewed by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Scoop: Federal agents were told this week that they have broader power to arrest people without a warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo reviewed by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
These analysts are solid on Iran but still caught w/in their Israeli and American perspectives. Iran has ambitions to create a civilian nuclear program - which is its RIGHT under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. But these analysts make it seem like ANY enrichment is unlawful. It is not.
January 30, 2026 at 11:46 PM
These analysts are solid on Iran but still caught w/in their Israeli and American perspectives. Iran has ambitions to create a civilian nuclear program - which is its RIGHT under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. But these analysts make it seem like ANY enrichment is unlawful. It is not.
Today, Iran, China, and Russia signed a "trilateral pact" - not quite a mutual defense treaty but still a comprehensive strategic deal between the 3 countries. The development is particularly notable not cause of the US military build up /n
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260129-ira...
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260129-ira...
January 30, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Today, Iran, China, and Russia signed a "trilateral pact" - not quite a mutual defense treaty but still a comprehensive strategic deal between the 3 countries. The development is particularly notable not cause of the US military build up /n
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260129-ira...
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260129-ira...
As the US threatens war with Iran, remember that 23 years ago the US engaged in a similarly illegal attack against Iraq - an attack that led to the death of 1 million Iraqis and has continued to foster instability in the country. A short interview well worth listening to: x.com/naime_ataman...
January 30, 2026 at 11:25 PM
As the US threatens war with Iran, remember that 23 years ago the US engaged in a similarly illegal attack against Iraq - an attack that led to the death of 1 million Iraqis and has continued to foster instability in the country. A short interview well worth listening to: x.com/naime_ataman...
The branch of the federal government exclusively empowered under the Constitution to declare war is powerless to stop Trump's illegal war on Iran because it has spent decades (if not longer) ceding nearly all of its most important powers - from law making to war making - to an imperial presidency
January 30, 2026 at 11:19 PM
The branch of the federal government exclusively empowered under the Constitution to declare war is powerless to stop Trump's illegal war on Iran because it has spent decades (if not longer) ceding nearly all of its most important powers - from law making to war making - to an imperial presidency
A US strike on Iran wont bring democracy or pave the way for a better future. It will not just decapitate Iran's rulers. It will either destabilize Iran and lead to civil war or securitize the govt even more, strangle Iran's civil society & ensure anyone who calls for pol change is terminated /n
January 30, 2026 at 11:09 PM
A US strike on Iran wont bring democracy or pave the way for a better future. It will not just decapitate Iran's rulers. It will either destabilize Iran and lead to civil war or securitize the govt even more, strangle Iran's civil society & ensure anyone who calls for pol change is terminated /n
Whatever Trump does in Iran, the use of crippling sanctions, to devastate the Iranian ppl, combined w/threats of war is NOT a strategy Trump invented. Obama pursued the same strategy starting in 2011/2012. Iran hawks, like Bret McGurk and Jake Sullivan, have been part of both Rep & Dem admins. /n
January 30, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Whatever Trump does in Iran, the use of crippling sanctions, to devastate the Iranian ppl, combined w/threats of war is NOT a strategy Trump invented. Obama pursued the same strategy starting in 2011/2012. Iran hawks, like Bret McGurk and Jake Sullivan, have been part of both Rep & Dem admins. /n
Reports that Iran is conducting various military exercises near the Strait of Hormuz, which is key to shipping, oil and otherwise in the Gulf, to deter a US strike and, likely, to close the Strait if a strikes occurs….https://x.com/TheStudyofWar/status/2017035893710721527?s=20
January 30, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Reports that Iran is conducting various military exercises near the Strait of Hormuz, which is key to shipping, oil and otherwise in the Gulf, to deter a US strike and, likely, to close the Strait if a strikes occurs….https://x.com/TheStudyofWar/status/2017035893710721527?s=20