Events & Speeches
Speeches given
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What’s Next in the Iran-Israel Nuclear Conflict
Center for International Security and Cooperation, with Siegfried Hecker and Or Rabinowitz
October 30, 2025
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Order Contestation in the Middle East: Lebanon Between Iran and Israel
Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), with Hanin Ghaddar and Amichai Magen
April 22, 2025
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Part III - Iran: Neither East Nor West
Hoover Institution Summer Policy Bootcamp
January 27, 2025
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Part II - Iran's Terror Toolbox
Hoover Institution Summer Policy Bootcamp
January 27, 2025
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Part I - Iranian Soulcraft: Birth of a Terror State
Hoover Institution Summer Policy Bootcamp
January 27, 2025
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Book Talk: An Encounter with Dylan Thomas by Ebrahim Golestan
Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies, with Alina Utrata
September 26, 2024
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Iran and Israel: Strategic Vision and Goals
UC Berkeley School of Law, with Prof. Ron Hassner
February 20, 2024
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The Hamas Terrorist Attack on Israel and its Implications for the Middle East
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, with Or Rabinowitz, Amichai Magen, Larry Diamond
October 13, 2023
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Woman, Life, Freedom: A Retrospective with Marjane Satrapi and Abbas Milani
Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies, with Marjane Satrapi and Sima Sabet
September 16, 2023
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In Search of Reza Shah
Parya Trillium Foundation
July 16, 2023
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Security in the Age of Liberal Democratic Erosion
Hoover Institution, with Elizabeth Economy, Michael McFaul, Kate Starbird, Anna Grzymala-Busse
May 13, 2021
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Sa'adi and Humanism
Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies
May 19, 2020
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The Iranian Revolution
Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE)
April 03, 2020
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The Maximum Pressure Campaign Against Iran Is Working
IntelligenceSquared Debate, with Victor Davis Hanson, H. R. McMaster, Martha Crenshaw
March 09, 2020
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The Strike on Qassem Soleimani: Implications for Iran, the Middle East and the World
Center for International Security and Cooperation, with Lisa Blaydes, Colin Kahl, Brett McGurk, Michael McFaul
January 10, 2020
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Why is Iran Protesting?
World Affairs Council, with Julia Choucair-Vizoso
February 23, 2018
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September 18, 2017
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Abbas Milani: Speech At The Arash Award 2017
Tirgan festival
August 16, 2017
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Abbas Milani: Bahram Beyzaie is the Shakespeare of Iran
Tirgan festival
August 16, 2017
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Abbas Milani – Shah and The Iranian Revolution
Tirgan festival
August 14, 2017