Author: Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar | Journal of Democracy

Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar is associate professor of international affairs at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service, a visiting scholar at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, and a fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. He is the author of Religious Statecraft: The Politics of Islam in Iran.

Why Iran Is Entering a Dangerous Moment

Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar

The country’s recent elections revealed deep fissures in Iranian society and there is already growing disillusionment with the new president. With mounting economic worries, Iran is in a volatile state.