PhD Candidate AU History - Program Manager IWPR MENA - Iranian-American - [email protected] - I write The Guarded Domains, a Substack newsletter focused on Iran and the broader Middle East region. https://guardeddomains.substack.com
Reza H. Akbari
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The song urges listeners not to dwell on loss & run toward a brighter future.
Like a ball in the middle of the pitch
You've got to learn to play along with people's games
The game means that sometimes you'll be unlucky
What matters is that you play with your whole life
Run
Run
Run, run,...
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My latest examines how Iranians are documenting the past 100 days of war. Featuring translated excerpts from a podcast produced in #Iran, the essay explores the conflict through experiences of ordinary life rather than through the lens of strategy or politics. 1/2
Ceremonial Send-Off for #Iran’s National Football Team Ahead of the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
I spoke with @foreignpolicy.com about the upcoming vote in the US Congress to end Trump’s war against #Iran & what such a move could mean for political calculations in Tehran. I argued that a vote of this nature may signal that American public support for the continuation of the conflict is waning.
Iranian singer Erfan Tahmasbi's powerful World Cup song, Run (Bodo in Persian), was released a few days ago. Both the music video & the lyrics strike a remarkable balance, portraying a nation weighed down by war, repression, & grief while refusing to surrender a sense of possibility. 1/2 #Iran
Analysis of Satellite Image and Videos Suggest Precision U.S. Strikes on Iranian Water Facility www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/w... #Iran
I also noted that the outcome may strengthen those within Iran who have long advocated diplomacy and negotiations, at a time when “intense debates” continue inside the country's political establishment over the need for an off-ramp. foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/03/c...
The fully lyrics are available on YouTube if you turn on closed captioning www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWhj...
The testimonies are drawn from interviews with citizens who lived in or traveled through affected areas. As the narrator explains, the goal is not to tell a story of victory or defeat, but simply the “story of the days we've lived through.” guardeddomains.substack.com/p/one-hundre... 2/2 #Iran
This is the third time the United States has attacked #Iran in the middle of negotiations. www.bbc.com/news/article...
