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Ida GhohestaniOct 2, 20213 min readLearning from the Past: Why US Intervention in Iran Cannot Force Positive Regime Change“One day I attended a book party for an older Iranian woman who had written her memoirs. She spoke for an hour about her eventful life....
Ida GhohestaniSep 25, 20214 min readThe Weaponization of Female Bodily Autonomy: Iran under Reza Shah Pahlavi and the Islamic Republic Bazaar in Shiraz selling fabrics, 2015 In January of 1936, Reza Shah, the first Iranian king from the newly installed Pahlavi dynasty,...