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Returning to the Past in the Collective Iranian Mind
In this note, Arvin Pouyan analyzes the phenomenon of "returning to the past" as a sign of a deep crisis in the political imagination of Iranian society. He argues that the widespread inclination toward so-called "golden" eras—from ancient Iran to the nostalgic reconstruction of the Pahlavi period or early Islam—is not merely an ideological preference, but is rooted in accumulated experiences of defeat, instability, and the blockage of future horizons.
Warning from Iranian Kurdistan Parties to Reza Pahlavi; Rejection of Military Threat and Call for Coalition Against Totalitarian Discourse
A coalition of political parties and movements from Iranian Kurdistan published a statement strongly condemning Reza Pahlavi's recent remarks regarding "separatism" and his threat to use the army against the Kurdish movement, calling it a sign of a security-driven approach and the continuation of a tradition of repression in his envisioned future Iran.
The Power of the Masses in the Era of the "Politics of Cruelty"; Media, Instrumentalized Reaction, and the Impossibilities of Resistance
In weeks that, in the author's words, "have condensed decades within themselves," Mohammad Hajinia, in a long article on the website *Critique of Political Economy*, tackles one of the most contentious questions in Iran today: Why is Pahlavi-centric royalism surging while the left is marginalized, and what is the media doing—or failing to do—in the middle of it all?
میان انسداد و فرصت: نیکفر از بنبست نظام تا امکان رهایی چه میگوید؟
در این یادداشت تحلیلی در رادیو زمانه، محمدرضا نیکفر وضعیت امروز جمهوری اسلامی و جامعه ایران را با دو مفهوم محوری «انسداد» و «فرصت» صورتبندی میکند و میکوشد نشان دهد چگونه یک خیزش میتواند یا به گشایش رهاییبخش بدل شود یا به فاجعهای فرصتسوز.