"Creating Local Democracy in Iran: State-Building and the Politics of Decentralization," was released by Cambridge University Press in 2022 has been endorsed by leading scholars as, “a deeply researched account of how contemporary politics in Iran actually works…opens a revealing window onto everyday politics in Iran” (Lisa Anderson/FOREIGN AFFAIRS). “Among the academic works on the obstacles to democracy in Iran since 1979… [this book is] by far the most thorough, the most empirical and the most innovative work" (Ervand Abrahamian).
Essays
“Getting Real About Iran” Foreign Affairs, March 2019.
Foreign Affairs Asks the Experts Poll: “Iran is the greatest threat to U.S. interests in the Middle East.”
“Their Fascism and Ours.” The New Republic. In Press (April 2024)
“Iran Is Not a ‘Normal’ Country” The Atlantic, Feb 2, 2024
“Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom movement one year after Mahsa Amini’s death: A Fragile Triumph” Public Seminar [by invitation] Sept 22, 2022
“Iran’s First Feminist Uprising” Public Seminar [by invitation] (Almost 2,000 views) Oct 2022
“Inside Iran’s Evin Prison: What I learned about the challenge of resisting a regime that locks up thousands of political prisoners.” The Atlantic, Nov 1, 2022
Wall St. Journal, Saturday Essay [by invitation] - The Culture War Behind Iran’s Protests Nov 11, 2022
“Why Iran’s Reformists Refuse to Boycott Elections” Sada: Middle East Analysis (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace). June 15, 2021
“Who Wants What from Iran Now? The Post-Nuclear Deal U.S. Policy Debate.” The Washington Quarterly 2018, 41:3