Nayereh Tohidi

Nayereh Tohidi is a Professor at the Department of Gender & Women Studies and Director of the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at California State University, Northridge. She is also a Research Associate at the Center for Near Eastern Studies of UCLA.

Iran: a small window of hope

Will president-elect Hassan Rowhani listen to human rights activists? Will he respond to Pegah Ahangarani's simple demand that he appoints qualified, non-corrupt, competent and accountable people to management and administration positions ? Nayereh Tohidi asks whether he will reset Iran's politica

By Nayereh Tohidi

/ 1 Jul 2013

Iran: regionalism, ethnicity and democracy

Iran has always been a multi-ethnic and multicultural country. Persian (Farsi) may be the official language, but it is only in recent years that speakers of the language have become

By Nayereh Tohidi

/ 28 Jun 2006