Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیصدای آمریکا | VOA Farsi [Unofficial] @voapnn.com.web.brid.gy · 25/09/2026ir.voanews.comآرش عزيزى: جنگ وكشتار مردم، راهى براى پيشبرد جنبش مدنى ايران نيستآرش عزيزى، پژوهشگر تاريخ و مدرس علوم انسانى در «میدان ویژه» سومین روز اجلاس مجمع عمومی سازمان ملل 011
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیPete Cookson @pete-cookson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Arash Azizi: "These folks defended the Assad regime as he murdered hundreds of thousands of his own citizens in cold blood and used chemical weapons against them. You think they’ll stop at a few Iranian political prisoners?" 021
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیUCL Middle East Research Centre @uclmiddleeast.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Iran and Israel - Will They Fight Forever? 5 Oct 6-7:30pm In his new book 'Vortex: Iran, Israel and the Eighty Years that Transformed the Middle East' Arash Azizi offers the first single-volume account to trace the full arc of the Iran-Israel relationship. www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...ucl.ac.ukArash Azizi: Iran and Israel - Will They Fight Forever?Arash Azizi will discuss his new book 'Vortex: Iran, Israel and the Eighty Years that Transformed the Middle East' 021
Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Friends in London! In a week and half I am in your town, talking at UCL about my upcoming book on Iran and Israel. Come say hello! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arash-aziz...eventbrite.co.ukArash Azizi: Iran and Israel - Will They Fight Forever?Arash Azizi will discuss his new book 'Vortex: Iran, Israel and the Eighty Years that Transformed the Middle East' 073
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 18/09/2026Democrats could be tempted to try to impeach Donald Trump a third time if they take over the House—but there’s a more effective accountability measure they might explore, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily:bit.lyWho Would a Democratic House Impeach?Lawmakers could be tempted to impeach Trump—but there’s another accountability measure they might explore instead. 5365
Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I wrote about the DSA, its internal divisions & public attention. My basic point: American socialists have a historic opportunity to show millions what democratic socialism for 21st century can look like; but they need to settle on their own identity first. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comDSA’s Problem Isn’t ‘Media Training’Authoritarian extremists are speaking for American socialists, and a lot of people don’t like what they say. 031
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 07/09/2026The idea that the DSA’s popularity troubles could be solved by media-training its leaders is surely comforting—but it is also wrong, @arashtehran.bsky.social argues:bit.lyDSA’s Problem Isn’t ‘Media Training’Authoritarian extremists are speaking for American socialists, and a lot of people don’t like what they say. 5217
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیAyala Panievsky @panievsky.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Exciting end-of-summer news: The New Censorship is out in paperback! Thanks to my heroes @arusbridger.bsky.social, @arashtehran.bsky.social, @janemartinson.bsky.social, @swaisbord.bsky.social for endorsing it & to my legendary friend @maitlis.bsky.social for the moving preface 🔥 shorturl.at/li5Ib 152
Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Is Mojtaba Khamenei dead? And does it matter? I got to the bottom of it, speaking to gov officials and a relative of Mojtaba who told me "less than five people" have met him since he became leader. Read about it all! www.theatlantic.com/internationa...theatlantic.comIs Mojtaba Khamenei Dead?The office of Iran’s supreme leader has fallen quiet, fueling uncertainty in a country with decisions to make. 142
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 13/08/2026Organizers convened 120 teenagers from across the country to compete in the Patriot Games. @mviser.bsky.social watched, and explores what this addition to the semiquincentennial events says about the country:bit.lyHunger Games, MAGA StyleA gym-class-style competition might be the oddest 250th celebration yet. 7238
Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I wrote about the Mecca Pact and what it means for the two major countries outside of It: Iran and Israel. Let me know what you think! www.theatlantic.com/internationa...theatlantic.comTehran Has to Make a ChoiceA new regional pact highlights Iran’s isolation. 030
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 13/08/2026A new defense agreement in the Middle East isolates Iran—and suggests that it must make a stark choice about its future, Arash Azizi argues.bit.lyTehran Has to Make a ChoiceA new regional pact highlights Iran’s isolation. 2168
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 13/08/2026teaching abstinence is not sex ed - it is promoting teen pregnancy 77813
Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 30/07/2026As Iran finds itself at war, the regime is waging war on its own people. I wrote about it. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...theatlantic.comIran’s War WithinThe Islamic Republic’s ultimate target remains its own people. 0107
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیCtObserve @ctobserve.bsky.social · 29/07/2026@ahylton26.bsky.social 💫 @ms.now w/an excellent segment on the latest Trump Iran War. Trump using profanity on his FOX network, back to "violent and chaotic claims" at the 6-month mark. @arashtehran.bsky.social explained 'new phase' with Saudi Arabia strikes, but they will not give up on Palestine. 032
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیPete Cookson @pete-cookson.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Arash Azizi: "Historic moment in Turkish politics: after Erdogan staged a take-over of Turkey’s main opposition party, CHP, handing it to a small faction in the party, the party’s main leadership and most of its MPs to leave establish a new party: the New Party." 011
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی@ghoshworld @ghoshworld.bsky.social · 21/07/2026My hit on @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social last night, discussing Trump, the Houthis… and Iran, with @arashtehran.bsky.social and @ayman.msnbc.com www.linkedin.com/posts/bobby-...linkedin.comMy hit on MS Now last night, discussing Trump, the Houthis… and Iran. | Bobby GhoshMy hit on MS Now last night, discussing Trump, the Houthis… and Iran. 031
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیLongtail News @longtail-news.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Feed: "The Atlantic" By: Arash Azizi on Friday, July 17, 2026theatlantic.comWhere the War Is Still a WarThe southern coast of Iran is still getting battered. Some Iranians want their government’s hawks to see for themselves. 031
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Did Mossad recruit Iran’s Holocaust-denying president? Historian @arashtehran.bsky.social says one of the biggest questions isn't just whether the alleged Mossad recruitment happened—but why details of such a sensitive operation would emerge now? www.iranintl.com/en/202607140...iranintl.comDid Mossad recruit Iran’s Holocaust-denying president?The alleged recruitment of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by Mossad reads like a spy thriller and has been denied by his office. But it has renewed interest in Iran's most controversial president—and the ruthles... 081
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیBita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Breaks my heart that the beautiful and magical south of Iran is being destroyed Nice piece by @arashtehran.bsky.social on the subject highlighting that so many Iranians wished the hardliners “had as much zeal for southern Iran” as they have “for southern Lebanon” www.theatlantic.com/internationa...theatlantic.comWhere the War Is Still a WarThe southern coast of Iran is still getting battered. Some Iranians want their government’s hawks to see for themselves. 084
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Where the War Is Still a War The southern coast of Iran is still getting battered. Some Iranians want their government’s hawks to see for themselves. @arashtehran.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/internationa...theatlantic.comWhere the War Is Still a WarThe southern coast of Iran is still getting battered. Some Iranians want their government’s hawks to see for themselves. 091
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 17/07/2026While politicians in Tehran talk of acclimating to a state of “neither war nor peace,” Iran’s southern coast is getting battered by air strikes, and civilians are paying the price, @arashtehran.bsky.social reports:bit.lyWhere the War Is Still a WarThe southern coast of Iran is still getting battered. Some Iranians want their government’s hawks to see for themselves. 12514
Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Why have we forgotten about Democratic Communists? Those who who led mass communist parties, won elections, ran excellent municipal governments in Italy, France, India, Japan, etc. You've heard me yap on this but here is my long-ish essay. www.theideasletter.org/essay/hammer...theideasletter.orgHammer and BallotCommunism is often remembered as undemocratic, the ideology that undergirded the authoritarian regimes of Lenin, Mao, Stalin, Tito, and Castro. Working against this blinkered view, Azizi recovers a po... 152
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیQuinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 09/07/2026talked a bit about this case on today's Radio Atlantic—the fact that it happened in Texas highlights the limitations of the hyperlocal approach to prosecuting these cases, now that the federal government isn't interested. how much will houston prosecutors be able to get done? 36624
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیChristy Wagner @com1ty.bsky.social · 05/07/2026www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...simonandschuster.comThe New CensorshipA ground-breaking guide to how the media's self-censorship in the face of populist politics threatens democracy.'Riveting' - Arash Azizi, The Atlan... 011
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 08/07/2026Canada's prime minister is talking about restoring diplomatic relations with Iran, but that doesn't necessarily benefit the Islamic Republic—and could even help its opponents, Arash Azizi argues:bit.lyCanada Should Start Talking With IranRestoring diplomatic ties doesn’t necessarily benefit the Islamic Republic and can even help its opponents. 2213
Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Should Canada re-establish diplomatic ties with Iran like Mark Carney suggested? My fellow anti-regime Iranian-Canadians often say NO. But I think the answer should be YES. I wrote why. Let me know what you think!theatlantic.comCanada Should Start Talking With IranRestoring diplomatic ties doesn’t necessarily benefit the Islamic Republic and can even help its opponents. 063
Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I spoke to France 24. It was 7 am so excuse my looks.france24.comIran needs to 'normalise relations with the US somehow' to save economy, expert saysIranian leaders joined prayers Sunday over the casket of late supreme leader Ali Khamenei during a second day of funeral ceremonies. Arash Azizi, contribuing writer at the Atlantic, said Iran needs to... 021
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 20/06/2026The terms of the deal with the United States look good for Iran, but they’ve still proved controversial within the Islamic Republic, Arash Azizi argues:bit.lyIran Got a Great Deal That It Could Still SquanderFor some forces in Iran, no agreement is a good agreement with the United States. 1286
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیgamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026In 1971, Japan’s National Police Agency standardized pedestrian crossing signs. The original reference art was non-alien, but various manufacturers in prefectures around the country had to copy the original stencils to create their own. Over time, physical degradation in the stencils led to: 111223
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیAnton Dekker 🚲 / AntonDekker@mastodon.nl @antondekker44.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Following the MoU, an assessment of the internal dynamics of the regime between the ultra-hardliners and the developmentists over the choices to be made in the coming negotiations with the US: 011
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Important to note: Hamgami, the main liberal/center-left coalition in the Iranian opposition, has backed the MoU “You hear a lot of vaugue things about 'Iranian people' and less actual reportage of what forces in the Iranian opposition are saying.” @arashtehran.bsky.social hamgami.org?p=1700hamgami.orgاز امضای تفاهمنامه میان ایران و آمریکا استقبال میکنیم - همگامیما تفاهم نامه فی مابین ایران و آمریکا را گامی مثبت در جهت کاهش تنشها، دور شدن خطر جنگ و فراهم شدن زمینه حل اختلافات از مسیر دیپلماسی میدانیم. این تفاهمنامه اگر به توافقی پایدار، متوازن و مبتنی بر م... 0154
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Excellent and essential reading by @arashtehran.bsky.social Iran Got a Great Deal That It Could Still Squander For some forces in Iran, no agreement is a good agreement with the United States. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...theatlantic.comIran Got a Great Deal That It Could Still SquanderFor some forces in Iran, no agreement is a good agreement with the United States. 094
Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 20/06/2026You all know about the American debate on the MoU debate. But I wrote about the Iranian debate. Let me know what you think! www.theatlantic.com/internationa...theatlantic.comIran Got a Great Deal That It Could Still SquanderFor some forces in Iran, no agreement is a good agreement with the United States. 1112
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 16/06/2026“They are authoritarian and they’re thugs, to be clear. But they care about keeping their own economic interests, which means social peace as much as they can, and which means deals with the US,” @arashtehran.bsky.social acting, pragmatically, to survive. 052
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I suspected there was a reason the Bosnian players weren't singing along to the anthem and it turns out it has no official lyrics because they can't come up with a set of lyrics the country's various ethnic groups agree upon 27752103
Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Catch me live on MS Now in about 90 mins 131
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیThe Assignment with Antonia Hylton @theassignmentmsnow.bsky.social · 13/06/2026TONIGHT - Americans cheer Trump's latest humiliation: having his name stripped from the Kennedy Center. Plus, Trump is set to mark his birthday (and America's) with a White House cage fight, and can Americans believe ANYTHING the White House says about Trump's health? 5133
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیThe Assignment with Antonia Hylton @theassignmentmsnow.bsky.social · 13/06/2026JOINING US - @arashtehran.bsky.social, Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery, @repcohen.bsky.social, @noahshachtman.bsky.social, @mondairejones.bsky.social, Basil Smikle, @ross.house.gov, Dan Cogdell, Rashad Robinson, @jamessample.bsky.social and Rob Copeland 1472
Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I was on MS Now earlier today www.youtube.com/watch?v=CarM...youtube.comHave the Iranians come out of the war with an upper hand? 'Definitely,' Hertling saysYouTube video by MS NOW 052
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیLindsayBKK 🇹🇭 @lindsaybkk.bsky.social · 13/06/2026"Have the #Iranians come out of the war with an upper hand? 'Definitely,' Hertling says" @arashtehran.bsky.social @markhertling.bsky.social @msnowreports.bsky.social @ms.now @ahylton26.bsky.social on YouTube youtu.be/CarMKv1DYwU?...youtu.beHave the Iranians come out of the war with an upper hand? 'Definitely,' Hertling saysYouTube video by MS NOW 022
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12/06/2026"Acting like if we just change the leader to someone who's less obnoxious to me personally, that that somehow changes the situation...when we haven't changed the regime...is crazy." @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu tells @timmiller.bsky.social why Trump’s Venezuela victory lap is built on fantasy. 411428
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026DC statehood yesterday 1374070
Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I wrote about the economic crisis Iranians are suffering from. I spoke to many across the country who helped me paint a picture of just how dire things are.theatlantic.comThe Crisis Iran’s Leaders Can’t IgnoreTwo months into the cease-fire, the Iranian economy lies in tatters. 092
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 10/06/2026Two months into the cease-fire, the Iranian economy lies in tatters—and the country faces an economic calamity with little precedent in its modern history, @arashtehran.bsky.social argues:bit.lyThe Crisis Iran’s Leaders Can’t IgnoreTwo months into the ceasefire, the Iranian economy lies in tatters. 3197
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیRon Skolnik @ronskolnik.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Well, at least @haaretzcom.bsky.social's Liza Rozovsky isn't afraid to say it: The Palestinian question "is what underlies Israel's deepening isolation... And the occupation continues to destroy Israeli society and cause it to rot." www.haaretz.co.il/news/politic...haaretz.co.ilקונספציית הכוח של נתניהו קרסה בלבנון ובאיראן, והובילה למשבר מול ארה"בראש הממשלה מסרב להבין את מגבלות הכוח של ישראל וממשיך ב"אכיפה באש חזקה" מאז 7 באוקטובר. התעלמותו מיוזמות המשא ומתן והסירוב לכל פשרה השאירו את ישראל במצב ביטחוני רעוע אף יותר, כשהיא מבודדת ומוחלשת 072
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیC. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 09/06/2026 4369791521
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 09/06/2026The hit movie “Obsession” dramatizes a particular kind of Gen Z anxiety spiral, Emma Stefansky writes:bit.ly‘Obsession’ Takes Gen Z’s Social Anxiety to the ExtremeAvoiding vulnerability comes with ghastly consequences. 0425
Reposted by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزیSohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Is European cinema capable of painting a sympathetic portrait of religious conservatives facing prejudice from zealous secular liberals? Yes! Says @arashtehran.bsky.social unherd.com/2026/06/can-...unherd.comLiberalism's war on religious families 031
Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social · 08/06/2026I amped that I got to write about Cristian Mungiu's brilliant Fjord, my favorite film at Cannes. He bravely asks questions about liberal societies and what minorities we protect and which we scoff at. Please tell me what you think!unherd.comLiberalism's war on religious families 051