AP Iran Archives - Daniel Aaron Lazar Fri, 12 Jun 2020 14:38:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Assignment: Iran Through Three Lenses https://daniellazar.com/2020/01/20/iran-multimedia-assignment/ Mon, 20 Jan 2020 14:12:23 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5904 Watch Inside Iran from Sky Sky News (12 minutes). Come to class with notes summarizing the clip. Watch the first hour or so of Our Man in Tehran and come to class with content rich notes. Be prepared to discuss the following What is interesting? What supports, modifies, or refutes our studies of Iran thus … Continue reading Assignment: Iran Through Three Lenses →

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]]> Iran bans English from being taught in primary schools https://daniellazar.com/2018/01/09/iran-bans-english-from-being-taught-in-primary-schools/ Tue, 09 Jan 2018 10:10:19 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5797 The education ministry “envisages strengthening Persian language skills and Iranian Islamic culture of pupils at the primary school stage“, its secretary told state media. This move is in line with the supreme leader’s anti-Western, isolationist view of the world. He has repeatedly said that teaching English to children from an early age could lead to … Continue reading Iran bans English from being taught in primary schools →

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]]> Why Iranian women are wearing white on Wednesdays https://daniellazar.com/2017/07/10/why-iranian-women-are-wearing-white-on-wednesdays/ Mon, 10 Jul 2017 12:09:57 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5732 Using the hashtag #whitewednesdays, citizens have been posting pictures and videos of themselves wearing white headscarves or pieces of white clothing as symbols of protest. The idea is the brainchild of Masih Alinejad, founder of My Stealthy Freedom, an online movement opposed to the mandatory dress code.

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]]> How to get reelected if you are an Iranian MP https://daniellazar.com/2017/03/08/5664/ Wed, 08 Mar 2017 05:45:03 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5664 Since 1980, less than 30 percent of politicians running again in Iranian parliamentary elections retained their seats. Compare that to more than 90 percent of incumbents in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.K. House of Commons who were reelected over the same period. How is this possible? How can it be harder to … Continue reading How to get reelected if you are an Iranian MP →

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]]> Iran’s likely next supreme leader is no friend of the West https://daniellazar.com/2017/03/08/irans-likely-next-supreme-leader-is-no-friend-of-the-west/ Wed, 08 Mar 2017 05:12:06 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5645 “The position of the supreme leader was once thought to belong to an esteemed cleric known for his theological erudition. However, Khamenei’s lackluster religious credentials have paved the way for an even less impressive figure who has spent his professional life weaving conspiracies in the regime’s darkest corners…. For Khamenei and his praetorian guards, the … Continue reading Iran’s likely next supreme leader is no friend of the West →

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]]> Demystifying Iran’s parliamentary election process https://daniellazar.com/2016/08/12/demystifying-irans-parliamentary-election-process/ Fri, 12 Aug 2016 06:32:55 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5571 Here are the basics of the Iranian parliamentary election process.    

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]]> Iranian youth get app to dodge morality police https://daniellazar.com/2016/08/10/iranian-youth-get-app-to-dodge-morality-police/ Wed, 10 Aug 2016 09:45:15 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5567 An anonymous team of Iranian app developers have come up with a solution to help young fashion conscious Iranians avoid the country’s notorious morality police known in Persian as “Ershad” or guidance.

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]]> The Majils Monitor https://daniellazar.com/2016/08/10/the-majils-monitor/ Wed, 10 Aug 2016 05:26:06 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5552 The first effort to monitor the performance of Iran’s parliament, often referred to as “Majlis”. It is currently the only tool of its kind available to Iranians, bringing the global trend of parliament monitoring to Iran. “Based in Canada, We are a team of researchers who have taken on the task of monitoring from outside … Continue reading The Majils Monitor →

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]]> Influx of morality police to patrol the streets of Tehran https://daniellazar.com/2016/08/10/influx-of-morality-police-to-patrol-the-streets-of-tehran/ Wed, 10 Aug 2016 05:15:05 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5542 Police in Tehran are deploying 7,000 undercover morality agents tasked with a fresh crackdown on women defying strict rules on the wearing of the hijab, among other offences deemed un-Islamic. Every spring, as the temperature rises and with it the desire of people to go out, the authorities in Iran tighten their grip on social … Continue reading Influx of morality police to patrol the streets of Tehran →

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]]> Election, Monitored The tragic farce of voting in Iran https://daniellazar.com/2016/01/26/election-monitored-the-tragic-farce-of-voting-in-iran/ Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:27:04 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5470 Laura Secor is an independent journalist who has spent nearly a decade researching and writing about Iran. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, New Republic, and other publications. She studied philosophy at Brown University, and has been a fellow at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers … Continue reading Election, Monitored The tragic farce of voting in Iran →

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