Alireza Nader


Alireza Nader is an independent scholar of Iran and the Middle East.

Articles by Alireza Nader
Mourners attend a memorial vigil after Iranian state media confirmed the death of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran.
Mourners attend a memorial vigil after Iranian state media confirmed the death of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran.
A mural painted on a battered exterior wall shows a classroom chalkboard with Arabic writing on it. In front of the wall are low tables with images of children propped on them. Each image shows an elementary school-aged child waving one hand.
A mural painted on a battered exterior wall shows a classroom chalkboard with Arabic writing on it. In front of the wall are low tables with images of children propped on them. Each image shows an elementary school-aged child waving one hand.
Smoke rises from the site of airstrikes in Tehran.
Smoke rises from the site of airstrikes in Tehran.
Smoke and flames rise at the site of airstrikes on an oil depot in Tehran.
Smoke and flames rise at the site of airstrikes on an oil depot in Tehran.
A person holds a picture of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as people gather at a square in Tehran.
A person holds a picture of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as people gather at a square in Tehran.
People pass by a destroyed building  in Tehran on Jan. 10.
People pass by a destroyed building in Tehran on Jan. 10.
Dozens of people mill about on a street lined with low-rise buildings and strewn with debris at night. Debris includes tipped-over shopping carts, rolls of toilet paper, and bottles and cans; someone has started a fire in the middle of one pile.
Dozens of people mill about on a street lined with low-rise buildings and strewn with debris at night. Debris includes tipped-over shopping carts, rolls of toilet paper, and bottles and cans; someone has started a fire in the middle of one pile.
The Amir Kabir Dam along the Karaj River in Iran's northern Alborz mountain range is seen on June 1.
The Amir Kabir Dam along the Karaj River in Iran's northern Alborz mountain range is seen on June 1.
A man is silhouetted as he looks at his phone on a dry riverbed with a bridge in the background.
A man is silhouetted as he looks at his phone on a dry riverbed with a bridge in the background.
This landscape view shows the shallow water at the shore of a manmade dammed lake, the water greenish and calm. Beyond the water, a high hill slopes up, dotted with trees at its more elevated parts.
This landscape view shows the shallow water at the shore of a manmade dammed lake, the water greenish and calm. Beyond the water, a high hill slopes up, dotted with trees at its more elevated parts.
People visit the Si-o-Se Pol Bridge in Iran’s central city of Isfahan.
People visit the Si-o-Se Pol Bridge in Iran’s central city of Isfahan.
An Iranian holds up a poster showing a portrait of the country's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei with a small portrait in the corner showing Islamic Revolution founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, during a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of Islamic Revolution in the capital Tehran on Feb. 11.
An Iranian holds up a poster showing a portrait of the country's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei with a small portrait in the corner showing Islamic Revolution founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, during a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of Islamic Revolution in the capital Tehran on Feb. 11.
Iranians walk near the "Si-o-Se Pol" bridge (33 Arches bridge) over the Zayandeh Rud river in Isfahan on April 11, 2018. 
(Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images)
Iranians walk near the "Si-o-Se Pol" bridge (33 Arches bridge) over the Zayandeh Rud river in Isfahan on April 11, 2018. (Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images)
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