The Islamic Republic’s War on Its Own People

A conversation about the architecture of Iran’s repression — and the human cost of surviving it.

Session 1:
Dafna Rand, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution
Holly Dagres, Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Karen Kramer, Deputy Director at the Center for Human Rights in Iran
Kenneth M. Pollack (moderator), Vice President for Policy at the
Middle East Institute

Session 2:
Emad Shargi, Iranian-American businessman
Siamak Namazi, Independent Consultant at the World Economic Forum
Nazee Moinian (moderator), Associate Fellow at the Middle East Institute

This event took take place in-person at the Middle East Institute.