The Death of an Ayatollah and the Trajectory of Iranian Modernization
The enigmatic Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was a political phenomenon and, as one of the figureheads of the Iranian revolution, left an indelible impact...
Ghoncheh Tazmini obtained a degree in International Relations at the University of British Columbia and a Masters in Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at the London School of Economics. Holding a PhD in International Relations from the University of Kent at Canterbury, she is the author of Khatami’s Iran: the Islamic Republic and the Turbulent Path to Reform (I. B. Tauris, 2009, 2013) and Revolution and Reform in Russia and Iran: Politics and Modernisation in Post-Revolutionary States (I. B. Tauris, 2012), Dr. Tazmini has written numerous scientific articles and opinion pieces, and presents her work regularly at international conferences. She has collaborated with research institutes and policy centres in Europe and in the Middle East. Dr. Tazmini was formerly Iranian Heritage Foundation visiting fellow at the London Middle East Institute at SOAS – University of London. She is currently an Associate Member of the Centre for Iranian Studies at SOAS.