Kian Tajbakhsh

Kian Tajbakhsh, a senior adviser at Global Centers Columbia University, is the author of Creating Local Democracy in Iran: State Building and the Politics of Decentralization. He was arrested in Iran in 2009 and spent more than a year in Evin Prison and six years under house arrest. He was released as part of the 2016 Iran nuclear deal.

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  1. Iran Is Not a ‘Normal’ Country

    The Islamic Republic shouted its hatred of the West from the rooftops for decades. Many Westerners opted not to hear.

    Kian Tajbakhsh
    Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei speaks on a stage, gesturing with his left hand.
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