Abbas Milani

Abbas Milani is the Hamid and Christina Moghadam director of Iranian Studies and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, both at Stanford University.

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An Iranian man holds a newspaper reporting the China-brokered deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore ties, in Tehran on March 11.
An Iranian man holds a newspaper reporting the China-brokered deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore ties, in Tehran on March 11.

How China’s Saudi-Iran Deal Can Serve U.S. Interests

Analysis
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The Ayatollah’s Point Man

Argument
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The Ayatollah in His Labyrinth

Argument
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Is Ahmadinejad Islamic enough for Iran?

The Middle East Channel
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Is Ahmadinejad Islamic Enough for Iran?

Argument
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The Shah’s Atomic Dreams

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Iran’s Hidden Cyberjihad

In Other Words
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Hossein Ali Montazeri: the good ayatollah

The Middle East Channel
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The Good Ayatollah

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