A Series on Iran: Struggle of a Nation

Nearly nine months after last June's presidential elections, Iran's opposition movement refuses to die. What are the country's realistic prospects for change? Given Iran's influence over issues as varied as Afghanistan, Iraq, Arab-Israeli peace, energy, terrorism, and nuclear proliferation, could political change in Iran be one of the most consequential events in international relations since the fall of the Soviet Union over 20 years ago?

Karim Sadjadpour is an associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He joined Carnegie after four years as the chief Iran analyst at the International Crisis Group based in Tehran and Washington, D.C. He is a regular contributor to BBC World TV and radio, CNN, National Public Radio, and PBS NewsHour, and has written for the Economist, Washington Post, New York Times, International Herald Tribune, and New Republic.
Frequently called upon to brief U.S. and EU officials about Middle Eastern affairs, he has testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, given lectures at Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford Universities, and has been the recipient of numerous academic awards, including a Fulbright scholarship. Sadjadpour was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in Davos, and is a board member of the Banu Foundation, an organization dedicated to assisting grass-roots organizations that are empowering women worldwide. He has lived in Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East and speaks Persian, Spanish, and Italian.

This event is the final lecture in a series presented by the Graduate Student Council and the Caltech-Y Social Activism Speaker Series.

A Series on Iran: Struggle of a Nation.

This event is made possible by the generous support from the Moore Hufstedler Fund. The Series on Iran: Struggle of a Nation is a forum aimed at bringing various perspectives in raising awareness of and encouraging dialogue on the recent events in Iran. For more information about this event or the series, please contact the Caltech Y at 626.395.6163 or email [email protected].