Alex Vatanka


Alex Vatanka is the director of the Iran Program and a senior fellow in the Frontier Europe Initiative at the Middle East Institute in Washington. His most recent book is The Battle of the Ayatollahs in Iran: The United States, Foreign Policy, and Political Rivalry Since 1979.

Articles by Alex Vatanka
Harbor security stand guard during an inauguration ceremony of new equipment and infrastructure at Shahid Beheshti Port in the southeastern Iranian city of Chabahar.
Harbor security stand guard during an inauguration ceremony of new equipment and infrastructure at Shahid Beheshti Port in the southeastern Iranian city of Chabahar.
A motorcycle is on fire during the "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests outside Tehran.
A motorcycle is on fire during the "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests outside Tehran.
Iranians march during a pro-hijab rally.
Iranians march during a pro-hijab rally.
A woman in a mask walks by a large mural of Khamenei.
A woman in a mask walks by a large mural of Khamenei.
A woman walks past a mural showing Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran on March 9.
A woman walks past a mural showing Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran on March 9.
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