Iran’s Elections: Implications for Iran and the Region’s Future
Virtual Member-Only Briefing
Monday, June 24, 2024 | 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
Description
After the sudden death of former Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on May 19, Iran decided to hold early presidential elections on June 28, 2024. The ultra-conservative Guardian Council approved six candidates to run for the presidency. Five are hardliners who hold staunch anti-Western positions, while one candidate represents the reformist camp. Whoever wins this election will have to face a dire economy with high inflation and heavy sanctions from the West as well as widespread popular discontent. In terms of foreign policy, Iran is dealing with mounting tensions with the U.S. and especially the Israel-Hamas war. What do we need to know about the 2024 snap elections in Iran? What will be the implications of this election on the future of Iran as well as regional stability? What do Iranians want?
Join us on Monday, June 24 from 6 to 7:15 PM ET for a conversation with Dr. Arash Azizi, Contributing Writer to the Atlantic and the author of the 2024 book, “What Iranians Want: Women, Life, and Freedom.”
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SPEAKER:
Dr. Arash Azizi
Arash Azizi is a writer and historian. He is a contributing writer at the Atlantic and his writings and commentary on politics, history and cinema have appeared in numerous other outlets including New York Times, New York Review of Books, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Liberties, Newsweek, New Lines, Haaretz, Daily Beast, Jacobin and the Toronto Star. He is the author of “The Shadow Commander: Soleimani, the US and Iran’s Global Ambitions” (Oneworld, 2020) and “What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom” (Oneworld, 2024.)
He holds a PhD in history and Middle Eastern studies from NYU. His dissertation was about the communist movement in the Middle East during the global Cold War. He is a senior lecturer in political science and history departments at Clemson University. He is a board member at the Nonviolent Initiative for Democracy and a fellow at the Center for Middle East and Global Order (CMEG).
He used to co-host a popular news shows for Iranian audiences and his broadcasting and radio and television appearances have been aired from BBC World, CNN, i24, Iran International, DW, CTV, CBC, TRT World and CGTN.
About a dozen of his book-length translations have appeared in Iran and abroad.
Arash’s work has been translated to 18 languages including Spanish, Arabic, Kurdish, Russian, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Urdu, Bengali, Turkish, Greek, Japanese, Malagasy, Azerbaijani, Dutch, Indonesian and Chinese.
He has also written and produced movies which can be found on his IMDB profile. “Into Schrodinger’s Box,” a film he co-wrote and co-produced, is available to watch on Fandor via Amazon. He has served on film festival juries in Spain, Portugal, UK and the United States.
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