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This note is being written at a time when all major media outlets are speaking of an imminent war expected to occur this very weekend (Saturday and Sunday, the first and second of Esfand 1404, corresponding to February 20–21, 2026). The…

Forty days after the unprecedented and astonishing historical catastrophe of the massacre of our country’s suffering protesters—a tragedy that shook Iran and the world and has propelled our collective future toward an uncertain horizon—we…

First and foremost, we must acknowledge the grief and sorrow that the January 2026 tragedy has inflicted upon our people—and upon each of us, wherever we may be in the world—as well as the pain and suffering that today engulf the entirety…

Hyperrealist painting—and subsequently hyperrealist sculpture (distinct from the long-standing, and even ancient, tradition of idealized figurativism)—first emerged in the United States from the 1960s onward. This was precisely the period…

Interviewer: Beyond personal concerns, when you think about contemporary Iranian society, what issues occupy your mind as pressing? Nasser Fakouhi: I approach this question in two ways. We have a group of macro-level social issues that, at…

You have referred to the issues that are currently transforming Iranian society; however, I would like to ask you this question: on a more personal level, what are the specific issues that you, Dr. Fakouhi, experience daily—both as a…

I met Nasser Fakouhi at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Tehran, in his office. I first came to this faculty ten years ago as a student, but I never had the chance to be one of his pupils. This time, however, I sat down…

Actually there is no contradiction in your statements, and you are speaking within your own intellectual framework. You referred to short-term solutions. In my opinion, regarding long-term solutions, we should return to the concepts of…

We need to ask why such conditions have not been established—or, if they have, why they collapsed or were dismantled. This question cannot be limited to the Islamic Republic alone. Iran experienced the Constitutional Revolution over a…

Each expert in the field of development—whether from economics, politics, or sociology—holds their own distinct perspective. Economists believe that the foundation for any country's development and growth must be economic. Politicians argue…