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Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

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How the Iran War Turned Civilian Lifelines into Bargaining Currency

How the Iran War Turned Civilian Lifelines into Bargaining Currency

The most revealing thing about the 8 April ceasefire was not that it paused, for the moment, threatened attacks on Iran’s bridges, power stations...

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Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

Iran is no longer seeking deterrence. It’s seeking immunity.

Iran is no longer seeking deterrence. It’s seeking immunity.

A month into the war, both sides are already trying to make the other pay. Iran has demanded reparations from Persian Gulf states it says enabled...

03.04.2026 50

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Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

Iran Is Not Denying Negotiations. It Is Designing Them

26.03.2026 70

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Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

When diplomacy nears the threshold: What two wars in nine months reveal about how the Iran war will end

In February, Ali Larijani shuttled between Muscat and Doha as part of the diplomatic channel between Iran and the United States. On 18 March, Iran...

18.03.2026 80

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Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

Tehran’s calculated wager

When negotiators gather in Geneva on Thursday for the third round of indirect talks between Iran and the United States, the most consequential item in...

25.02.2026 90

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Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

Governance by weather: Iran’s independence, priced in dollars

When US and Iranian officials sit in separate rooms in Muscat, passing messages through Omani mediators, people in Iran do not wait for the...

17.02.2026 100

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Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

When survival makes the past impossible to defend: Iran’s reverse sunk-cost trap

30.01.2026 80

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Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani

Iran’s self-blinding: How governance by narrative manufactures the pretexts it fears

03.01.2026 100

Middle East Monitor

Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani