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DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs' Middle Eastern Studie
 s Program presents a panel discussion on Iran's Political Uprising. During
  the past two weeks\, the name of Mahsa Amini\, the young Iranian woman ki
 lled by the morality police\, has dominated the news. Mahsa’s death unleas
 hed a political storm against the theocratic government and confronted the
  incumbent regime with one of the biggest crises since its emergence in th
 e wake of the 1979 Revolution. Prof. Arzoo Osanloo (University of Washingt
 on) and Prof. Kian Tajbakhsh (Columbia University) will discuss the causes
  and implications of the current political uprising in Iran.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
 Arzoo Osanloo is&nbsp\;a professor in the Department of Law\, Societies\, 
 and Justice and the director of the UW's Middle East Center. Her first boo
 k\,&nbsp\;The Politics of Women's Rights in Iran&nbsp\;(Princeton Universi
 ty Press\, 2009)\, &nbsp\;explored the politicization of 'rights talk' and
  women's subjectivities in post-revolutionary Iran. Professor Osanloo is c
 urrently working on a new research project that examines the Islamic manda
 te of forgiveness\, compassion\, and mercy in Iran's criminal sanctioning 
 system.Kian Tajbakhsh is a senior advisor at Global Centers Columbia Unive
 rsity. Previously he was the Open Society (Soros) Foundation's representat
 ive in Iran\, where he directed several initiatives that enhanced women's 
 rights and expanded the role of NGOs in public health and freedom of infor
 mation.&nbsp\;His most recent book Creating&nbsp\;Local Democracy in Iran:
  State-Building and the Politics of Decentralization\,&nbsp\;was&nbsp\;pub
 lished by&nbsp\;Cambridge University Press in 2022.
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SUMMARY:Iran’s Political Uprising: “Woman\, Life\, Freedom” Shake the Regim
 e in Iran
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs' M
 iddle Eastern Studies Program presents a panel discussion on Iran's Politi
 cal Uprising. During the past two weeks\, the name of Mahsa Amini\, the yo
 ung Iranian woman killed by the morality police\, has dominated the news. 
 Mahsa’s death unleashed a political storm against the theocratic governmen
 t and confronted the incumbent regime with one of the biggest crises since
  its emergence in the wake of the 1979 Revolution<span style="text-decorat
 ion: underline"></span>. Prof. Arzoo Osanloo (University of Washington) an
 d Prof. Kian Tajbakhsh (Columbia University) will discuss the causes and i
 mplications of the current political uprising in Iran.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<br></
 p><p>Arzoo Osanloo is&nbsp\;a professor in the Department of Law\, Societi
 es\, and Justice and the director of the UW's Middle East Center. Her firs
 t book\,&nbsp\;<em>The Politics of Women</em><em>'</em><em>s Rights in Ira
 n</em>&nbsp\;(Princeton University Press\, 2009)\, &nbsp\;explored the pol
 iticization of 'rights talk' and women's subjectivities in post-revolution
 ary Iran. Professor Osanloo is currently working on a new research project
  that examines the Islamic mandate of forgiveness\, compassion\, and mercy
  in Iran's criminal sanctioning system.</p><p>Kian Tajbakhsh is a senior a
 dvisor at Global Centers Columbia University. Previously he was the Open S
 ociety (Soros) Foundation's representative in Iran\, where he directed sev
 eral initiatives that enhanced women's rights and expanded the role of NGO
 s in public health and freedom of information.&nbsp\;His most recent book 
 <em>Creating&nbsp\;Local Democracy </em><em>i</em><em>n Iran: State-Buildi
 ng and the Politics of Decentralization\,&nbsp\;</em>was&nbsp\;published b
 y&nbsp\;Cambridge University Press in 2022.</p>
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