06
March 2025
Past Event
Iran on the Brink: Resistance, Repression, and Global Power Shifts

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Iran on the Brink: Resistance, Repression, and Global Power Shifts

Past Event
Hudson Institute
March 06, 2025
Members of the Basij paramilitary force under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) carry scale model missiles in a military rally in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 10, 2025. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Members of the Basij paramilitary force under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) carry scale model missiles in a military rally in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 10, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
06
March 2025
Past Event

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Speakers:
zineb_riboua
Zineb Riboua

Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Mariam Memarsadeghi
Mariam Memarsadeghi

Founder and Director, Cyrus Forum for Iran’s Future and Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Dr. Ladan Boroumand
Dr. Ladan Boroumand

Cofounder, Abdorrahman Boroumand Center, Honorary Professor of History, University of Parma, and Co-Laureate of the 2009 Lech Walesa Human Rights Award

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As Iran’s regime tightens its grip at home, it is also strengthening its anti-Western alliance with China and Russia. But with President Donald Trump back in the White House, Tehran will likely face maximum pressure sanctions and increased strikes on its proxies. With simmering domestic unrest and escalating regional tensions, where does Iran go from here?

Join Zineb Riboua, research fellow and program manager at Hudson’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East, for a conversation with Mariam Memarsadeghi, a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and Dr. Ladan Boroumand, cofounder of the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center. They will examine Iran’s resistance movement and shifting political landscape to identify the implications for regional stability.

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