Arash Azizi is a writer and historian based in the US. He holds a PhD in history and Middle Eastern studies from NYU. He is the author of The Shadow Commander: Soleimani, the US and Iran’s Global Ambitions and What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom.

Hassan Nasrallah: Orator, cleric, militant

As leader of a militia that has been at war for every day of its existence, Hassan Nasrallah was no stranger to danger. But one summer night in 2006,…

Masoud Pezeshkian: Iran's new president

Earlier this year, Iran was headed to its scheduled parliamentary elections. As has become common in recent years, the elections were severely…

What are Iranians voting for?

Iranians in Iran and around the world will go to voting booths today (28 June) to elect a new president. In fact, as I write these lines, the voting…