Format

Essay

Longer-form interpretation and argument on politics, history, society, culture, ideas, and Iran’s place in the world.

The Shah and Queen Farah Pahlavi visit the Tehran Research Reactor at its inauguration in 1967, during Iran’s period of rapid industrial and scientific development. Photo: Manoto
Essay

The Iran My Great-Grandfather Built

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.

Noor Afshar
For Iran and Its Future
Essay

For Iran and Its Future

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.

Babak Rezaee