Selected Publications

Op-Eds

Why Iran's Parliament Matters – LobeLog

Rouhani ignores domestic political reforms – Al Monitor

Rouhani Goes to College – The Majalla

Rouhani’s US-Educated Chief of Staff Knows East and West – Al Monitor

A Crucial Election for Iran’s Reform Movement – Jadaliyya

Why Iran’s City Council Elections Matter – Al Monitor

Bahrain’s triangle of conflict – Foreign Policy

Potential Attack Threatens Peaceful Movement for Change – PBS – Tehran Bureau

Another political soap opera in Iran – Gulf News

Iran’s ‘second-generation’ Reformists off to shaky start – Al Monitor

Cleaning House in Tehran – The Majalla

Rowhani’s first 100 days – Foreign Policy

Why Iran’s City Council Elections Matter – Al Monitor

Morsi’s just not that into Iran – Foreign Policy

Hekmati: Iran’s latest political pawn – Global Public Square – CNN.com

Will Ayatollah Khamenei eliminate the Iranian presidency? – Global Public Square – CNN.com

Academic and Policy Papers

The New Sectarianism: The Arab Uprisings and the Rebirth Shi’a-Sunni Divide

Saban Center for Middle East Policy – Brookings Institution

The Triangle of Conflict: How Bahrain’s Internal Divisions Inhibit Reconciliation

Master’s Thesis
The Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

Media

TRT World – Iran's 2016 Parliamentary Elections

Al Jazeera English Newshour – Impact of Lifting International Sanctions in Iran

C-SPAN – What Next for Iran After the Nuclear Deal?

The Loopcast – Rouhani’s Cabinet

BBC World Service – World Have Your Say – 2011 Attack on the British Embassy in Iran