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“Iran’s Crown Prince Has Become Indispensable”. January 16, 2026. https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/16/iran-crown-prince-reza-pahlavi-protests/.

“Iran’s Regime Is Losing Its Greatest Weapon: Fear”. January 16, 2026. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/opinion/iran-fear-demonstrations-islamic-republic.html.

“Iran Is on the Edge of Revolution”. January 8, 2026. https://www.newstatesman.com/world/middle-east/2026/01/iran-is-on-the-edge-of-revolution.

“Ali Khamenei: A Profile in Dogma”, Liberties Journal, 6, no. 2 (January 7, 2026). https://libertiesjournal.com/articles/alikhamenei-profile-in-dogma/.

“Christian ‘Resurrection’ in Islamic Iran?”. December 9, 2025. https://www.hoover.org/research/christian-resurrection-islamic-iran.

“Khamenei, Don Quixote, and Culture Wars”. October 13, 2025. https://www.hoover.org/research/khamenei-don-quixote-and-culture-wars.

McFaul, Michael, and Abbas Milani. “The Real Meaning of Putin’s Middle East Failure”, July 25, 2025. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/real-meaning-putins-middle-east-failure-michael-mcfaul.

Hecker, Siegfried, and Abbas Milani. “Time for Iran to Make a No-Enrichment Nuclear Deal”, July 8, 2025. https://thebulletin.org/2025/07/time-for-iran-to-make-a-no-enrichment-nuclear-deal/.

“Ayatollah Khamenei Faces a Nuclear Nightmare”. June 23, 2025. https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2025/06/ayatollah-khamenei-faces-a-nuclear-nightmare.

“Only Democracy Can End Iran’s Nuclear Threat”. June 18, 2025. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/only-regime-change-can-end-iran-nuclear-threat-by-abbas-milani-2025-06.

Milani, Abbas, and Mahasti Afshar. Simorgh: Portraits on My Mind . Washington, D.C.: Mage Publishers, 2025. https://mage.com/simorgh-portraits-on-my-mind/.

Milani, Abbas, and Kioumars Ghereghlou. Shadman’s Diaries: In Pursuit of Western Civilization, 1933-1943 (Volume 2). Mage Publishers, 2025. https://mage.com/shadman-diaries-in-pursuit-of-western-civilization-1933-1943-volume-2-diaries-in-persian/.

“A Dangerous Dance for Israel and Iran”. October 4, 2024. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/israel-iran-deterrance-escalating-attacks-by-abbas-milani-2024-10.

“Iran’s Succession Crisis Is a Legitimacy Crisis”. May 27, 2024. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/iran-succession-crisis-exposes-regime-legitimacy-deficit-by-abbas-milani-2024-05.

“Guns and Paranoia”. April 17, 2024. https://www.hoover.org/research/guns-and-paranoia.

“Khamenei’s Muscular ‘Soft Power’ in the US”. December 5, 2023. https://www.hoover.org/research/khameneis-muscular-soft-power-us.

Ed. Satrapi, Marjane. “Women’s Rights: An Age-Old Battle”. L’Iconoclaste, September 14, 2023. https://www.placedeslibraires.fr/livre/9782378803780-femme-vie-liberte-marjane-satrapi/.

McFaul, Michael, and Abbas Milani. “How China’s Saudi-Iran Deal Can Serve U.S. Interests”, Foreign Policy, March 13, 2023. https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/14/china-saudi-iran-us-middle-east-geopolitics-diplomacy/.

Milani, Abbas, and Kioumars Ghereghlou. Shadman’s Diaries: The Odyssey of a Young Cleric, 1926-1928. Washington, D.C.: Mage Publishers, 2023.

Eds. Blaydes, Lisa, Amr Hamzawy, and Hesham Sallam. “Iran’s Culture Wars in the Arab World”. University of Michigan Press, October 11, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12237894.