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Sara Rafiee

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The same alliance from 1979 is happening again. History cannot repeat

The same alliance from 1979 is happening again. History cannot repeat

Two strange bedfellows are getting together for another round, ignoring the lessons of what results when principles are traded for short-term...

27.03.2026 10

Financial Review

Sara Rafiee

Why Iran cannot change from within

To understand why repeated efforts to reform the Islamic Republic have failed, you have to understand the doctrine of velayat-e faqih the system is...

08.03.2026 10

Financial Review

Sara Rafiee

US bombs blow away Tehran’s grip on the story

Iranians can celebrate the fact that the regime’s two great instruments of survival, coercion and narrative control, are no longer untouchable.

01.03.2026 10

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Sara Rafiee

Why did the UN still give Iran a platform after the massacres?

The question is no longer whether Iran’s foreign minister speaks in Geneva. It is whether UN determinations carry structural weight or are merely...

16.02.2026 10

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Sara Rafiee

Europe finally bans IRGC. Now follow the money that bankrolls repression

The uncomfortable conclusion is that Western financial systems have functioned, in practice, as the Iranian regime’s offshore balance sheet.

01.02.2026 10

Financial Review

Sara Rafiee

‘Progressive’ left must stop making excuses for Iran’s tyrants

To reduce Iran’s history to conspiracy is inaccurate and insulting. It dismisses the courage of people who have paid an extraordinary price for...

09.01.2026 20

Financial Review

Sara Rafiee