Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi is an assistant professor of the international relations of the Middle East at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of Revolution and Its Discontents: Political Thought and Reform in Iran.
From universities to medical research centers, Israel and the US have been systematically attacking Iran’s technical infrastructure. While claiming their only issue is with Iran’s rulers, they have targeted its entire people and their achievements.
Discontent over dire economic conditions lay behind the protest wave that rocked Iran earlier this month. A US attack will make things even worse for the Iranian people, whether or not it results in the regime change Donald Trump would like to see.
Reza Pahlavi is son of the last shah — and he often echoes Israeli talking points condemning “appeasement” of Iran. It’s earned him admiration from US neocons, but such belligerent talk is a deadly danger to ordinary Iranians.
Why has the history of Iran’s left been erased?
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s life and death highlight what’s at stake in Iran today.