Azadeh Moaveni

In the past my friend ⁦@SohrabAhmari⁩ and I were on different sides of the foreign policy divide. Today we’re writing together to urge our country’s leaders not to make a huge mistake. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…

Even from the point of view of his own self-interest, he is flopping badly. What you say is: “My heart breaks at the suffering of my compatriots. I’m using all my influence to bring it to an end, to preserve our territorial integrity and so the nation can decide its own fate.”

"That's a disgraceful remark because it completely overlooks the gross illegality of the aggression by Israel against Iran" "I'm shocked that Germany, which is in the forefront of efforts to preserve . international law . vis a vis Russia [would] take such a cavalier attitude"

A much-needed feminist, civil society-minded, people-centred overview 👇

Key: as @vali_nasr says, Israel is not seeking ‘regime change, which sounds tidy and perhaps desirable, but state collapse, the turning of Iran into a failed state. We should drop ‘regime change’ as a euphemism for a much more sinister objective.

Latest updates on the number of casualties in Iran, coming from Health Ministry Spox: 224 dead, 1277 wounded, 522 discharged

In response to recent #israeli attacks on #Iran, #Iranian authorities have completed the emergency transfer of key historical artifacts from major museums to secure storage facilities across the country. #Tehran

@peterfrankopan review of my book Iran’s Grand Strategy @FT — imagining a world without American hegemony ft.com/content/ecafd5…

I am excited that my new book, Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History will be out in late spring. It is comprehensive examination of how Iran sees its national security and interests and why it adopts particular strategies to achieve them. press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

Syria's economic collapse isn't discussed enough as a factor in the regime's unraveling. Society faced a silent death sentence: endemic poverty, ever-worsening and untold. In recent months, I was working on the challenge of representing such misery tactfully. A short visual 🧵

Looking forward to being part of this panel discussing gender and human rights in Afghanistan. Coming next Monday!

An A-list panel discussing Afghan women's rights & Taliban engagement coming up @GloJo_NYU together with @BardGlobalNYC- Oct 28 6-8pm, 20 Cooper Square With @KaavyaAsoka @ericagaston @FatemaDaryab @pforzheimera moderated by the one and only @endeavoringE

NYT: The Role of New York’s Lauded Looted Art Unit Is Challenged in Court @artinstitutechi challenge of Schiele case argues that @ManhattanDA lacks jurisdiction in this case, and by extension, many others. nytimes.com/2024/10/08/art…

I reviewed @BenMacintyre1's excellent new book, The Siege, for @nytimesbooks. i loved it so much, it was like Argo, Remains of the Day, The Bureau, and The Leopard woven into one mad week-long showdown in 1980 London. nytimes.com/2024/09/08/boo…

Startlingly modern portraits from Egyptian late antiquity. Beautifully described by the brilliant William Dalrymple. You won’t see anything to match this on Twitter today.

NYT: Five packages of antiquities allegedly looted from Iraq and Iran were seized from Susan Womer Katzev, an illustrator in Maine who has long worked with archaeologists to document the Kyrenia and other ancient shipwrecks. nytimes.com/2024/08/12/art…