Monday Briefing: As protests spread, the Iranian regime cracks down on Sunni areas
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About the Director
Alex Vatanka
Alex Vatanka (الکس وطن خواه) specializes in Middle Eastern regional security affairs with a particular focus on Iran. From 2006 to 2010, he was the managing editor of Jane’s Islamic Affairs Analyst. From 2001 to 2006, he was a senior political analyst at Jane’s in London (UK) where he mainly covered the Middle East. Alex is also a senior fellow in Middle East Studies at the US Air Force Special Operations School (USAFSOS) at Hurlburt Field and teaches as an adjunct professor at DISAM at Wright-Patterson AFB.
Kasra Aarabi
Non-Resident Scholar
Fatemeh Aman
Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Abdolrasool Divsallar
Non-Resident Scholar
Meir Javedanfar
Non-Resident Scholar
Banafsheh Keynoush
Non-Resident Scholar
Marjan Keypour Greenblatt
Non-Resident Scholar
Eric Lob
Non-Resident Scholar
Nazee Moinian
Non-Resident Scholar
Fariba Parsa
Non-Resident Scholar
Mahmood Sariolghalam
Non-Resident Scholar
Mohsen Sazegara
Non-Resident Scholar
Farnaz Seifi
Non-Resident Scholar
Alex Vatanka
Director of Iran Program and Senior Fellow, Frontier Europe InitiativeAdvisory Council
Mohammed Baharoon
Nadereh Chamlou
Robert Fardi
Dokhi Fassihian
Alberto M. Fernandez
John Limbert
Norman T. Roule
Rob Sobhani
