Iranshahr with Ali Ansari
Ali AnsariWrite mainly about the history and politics of Iran and occasionally about other things as they come to mind. (https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/people/aa51/)
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Mercantile capital
This paper was first published by Engelsberg Ideas in 2024 and was reissued online in January 2026. It draws on my work on the Islamic Republic which was first published as ‘Iran, Islam & Democracy: the Politics of Managing change’, in 2000...
The resistible rise of Mojtaba Khamenei
A slightly shorter & modified version of this essay was originally published at UnHerd on 3 April (https://unherd.com/2026/04/mojtaba-khamenei-stooge-of-the-revolutionary-guards/). As usual I have taken the opportunity here to add citations...
The Fog of War
This reflection first appeared on the New Statesman website on 28th March with the title ‘The West Cannot understand Iran’. I am grateful for the opportunity to upload it here with additional citations and links.
War, we are regularly remi...
The Islamic Republic in Ruins
The main body of the text remains unchanged though I have taken the opportunity to add further reflections in the footnotes.
The launch of operation ‘Epic Fury’ on the morning of the 28th February has been greeted with a mixture of anxiety...
'The Reign of Terror in Persia'
One of the most striking developments to have emerged from the atrocities in January 2026 has been the call by Iranians - notably inside the country - for outside intervention, up to and including military intervention against the Islamic R...
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Historian of Iran at the University of St Andrews. Write on the history and politics of Iran with reflections on other topics ...as they come to mind
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