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Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

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When diplomacy nears the threshold: What two wars in nine months reveal about how the Iran war will end

When diplomacy nears the threshold: What two wars in nine months reveal about how the Iran war will end

In February, Ali Larijani shuttled between Muscat and Doha as part of the diplomatic channel between Iran and the United States. On 18 March, Iran...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

Tehran’s calculated wager

When negotiators gather in Geneva on Thursday for the third round of indirect talks between Iran and the United States, the most consequential item in...

25.02.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

Governance by weather: Iran’s independence, priced in dollars

When US and Iranian officials sit in separate rooms in Muscat, passing messages through Omani mediators, people in Iran do not wait for the...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

When survival makes the past impossible to defend: Iran’s reverse sunk-cost trap

30.01.2026 60

Middle East Monitor

Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

Iran’s self-blinding: How governance by narrative manufactures the pretexts it fears

03.01.2026 100

Middle East Monitor

Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani