An old company book leads Noor Afshar to reconsider the Iran her great-grandfather helped build. Tracing GAMMA’s history across the 1979 Revolution, she reflects on industrial achievement, family memory, and what survives political rupture.
Economic hardship is pushing more women into street vending in Iran. Their growing presence reveals the pressures on household incomes and middle-class livelihoods, while raising questions about women’s participation in public commercial spaces.
The Houthis offer Tehran a source of regional leverage. Yet continued escalation could strengthen Saudi Arabia’s security partnerships, complicate Tehran’s relations with China, and deepen the Islamic Republic’s isolation, turning an instrument of pressure into a strategic liability.
Repression can quiet Iran’s streets while obscuring public grievances. As Tehran weighs confrontation and diplomacy, apparent calm offers little certainty about how society would respond to further economic and military pressure.
A future political transition in Iran would inherit urgent financial obligations. The Iran Economic Transition Papers examine how to finance the first 180 days and build the conditions for lasting prosperity.
Iran & Global Affairs brings together writers, scholars, and practitioners to discuss Iran and its place in the world. It offers a forum for informed debate about the country’s future, individual freedom, pluralism, and accountable government.
