Past Event

The Fate of Local Democracy in Iran and What it Conveys about the Iranian State

Kian Tajbakhsh, Member, Steering Committee, Urban Studies Research Group at the Cultural Research Bureau in Tehran, Iran; International Consultant, Project Director, Municipal Sector Review, World Bank.

Commentator: Hossein Bashiriyeh, Associate Professor of Political Science, Tehran University; Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow, The National Endowment for Democracy.

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Middle East Program

The Wilson Center’s Middle East Program serves as a crucial resource for the policymaking community and beyond, providing analyses and research that helps inform US foreign policymaking, stimulates public debate, and expands knowledge about issues in the wider Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.   Read more

Middle East Program