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Shahram Akbarzadeh

Shahram Akbarzadeh is Professor of Middle East and Central Asian Studies at Deakin University (Australia), and co-author of Crisis Zone: Middle East Politics and International Relations (Routledge, 2018)

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The Impossible Presidency: Rouhani Caught in Cross-hairs of Trump, Iranian Hardliners and Public Apathy

The Impossible Presidency: Rouhani Caught in Cross-hairs of Trump, Iranian Hardliners and Public Apathy

Shahram Akbarzadeh

Melbourne (Special to Informed Comment) – For the first time in the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran the voter turn-out at the parliamentary elections has fallen below the psychological threshold of 50%. According to the Interior Ministry in charge of administering the elections, the national participation rate was 42.5%. In the capital city […]

Iran
Iran’s leader is losing his grasp on power. Does this mean diplomacy is doomed?

Iran’s leader is losing his grasp on power. Does this mean diplomacy is doomed?

Shahram Akbarzadeh

( The Conversation) – Iran’s announcement last Sunday that it would break the limit on uranium enrichment agreed to in the nuclear deal with world powers was not a surprise. It came hot on the heels of another breach only a few days earlier on the 300-kilogram limit agreed to in the deal on stockpiles […]

Donald Trump
How Trump has made Iran’s Rouhani a Hostage of the Hardliners

How Trump has made Iran’s Rouhani a Hostage of the Hardliners

Shahram Akbarzadeh

Washington has effectively shut the door on new negotiations

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