Mehran Haghirian

My heart is bleeding not just for the 10+ million residents of Tehran who have been forced to evacuate the city by a social media post, not just for my mother who is alone in Tehran, not just for my father who was stuck on Kish Island and took a ship to Bandar Abbas during the…

The strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites reinforced the need for institutionalized crisis management & cross-border nuclear governance. In a memo for @PRISMEorg I outline a pragmatic framework for nuclear diplomacy between Iran, Saudi Arabia, & the UAE with feasible entry points for…

After June 2025 strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, Gulf nuclear diplomacy is at a crossroads. Can shared risks become a foundation for cooperation? Mehran Haghirian explores these issues in latest #SALAM paper prismeinitiative.org/publications/n… @MehranHaghirian #GulfSecurity #NuclearDiplomacy

Speak about the famine. Write about the famine. Before we die of hunger…

What does this mean?! What time Exactly? @realDonaldTrump Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be considered, ENDED!…

My Qatari and Emirati friends are posting flags, prayers, and nationalistic images on Instagram, expressing solidarity with their countries amid the ongoing military conflicts across the region.

From inside Iran, one fear rises above all: that after all the horror, the regime might survive! Some messages I received: 1- what will happen to the regime? We are doomed! 2- they’re not leaving? 3- why is Khamenei still alive? 4- if they stay, I will move abroad.

Sad truth: Many Iranians do not even use the Iranian flag emoji, hence the minimal 'rallying around the flag' during war time. For the majority, that flag is now a symbol of the Islamic Republic. I am very much in touch with what is happening inside Iran, almost hourly if you…

“The deal was coordinated at the highest level by the President and Vice President and the Qatari Emir and Prime minister directly.”

"CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at…

UAE Condemns in the Strongest Terms Targeting of Qatar mofa.gov.ae/en/mediahub/ne…

“We express the State of Qatar's strong condemnation of the attack on Al Udeid Air Base by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, and consider it a flagrant violation of the State of Qatar's sovereignty and airspace, as well as of international law and the United Nations Charter.…

Iranians missiles intercepted over Doha!

This is likely due to an advance warning by Iran to Qatar & other GCC states about its possible retaliation measures in the Persian Gulf. This is the first time Qatar is closing its airspace during a regional conflict.