Expertise
Democracy and Political ParticipationDisarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration
International Security, Terrorism
Sexual Violence in Conflict
State Violence
Transitional Justice
Women's Rights
Media
Before Hillary Clinton, There Was Rosalynn Carter New York Times Opinion Nov 2, 2023
The Ostrich Defence Azadeh Moaveni on the trade in stolen antiquities London Review of Books Oct 5, 2023
Iran: a year on from the death of Mahsa Amini The Real Story BBC 09.09.23
The Protests Inside Iran’s Girls’ Schools The New Yorker Aug 7, 2023
It’s Not a Barbie World Foreign Policy Jun 19, 2023
The Future of Iranian Resistance A Discussion with Azadeh Moaveni New Books Network Podcast Jan 4, 2023
Heroes of the Year Women of Iran Time Magazine cover Dec 7, 2022
The latest on Iran’s protests, morality police and a silent majority NPR Dec 5, 2022
Two Weeks in Tehran London Review of Books Nov 3, 2022
‘It’s Like a War Out There.’ Iran’s Women Haven’t Been This Angry in a Generation New York Times Opinion Oct 7, 2022
Shamima Begum’s is a story of trafficking, betrayal and now, it seems, a state cover-up The Guardian Sep 2, 2022
Women on the Brink, Azadeh Moaveni reports from the Polish border London Review of Books May 2022
Iran and the US: When friends fall out Middle East Eye Apr 1, 2022
Another deeply gendered war is being waged in Ukraine Al Jazeera Oped Mar 15, 2022
The big idea: can foreign policy be feminist ? The Guardian Feb 7, 2022
How sanctions hurt Iranian women New York Times Oped Mar 27, 2021
Why do British Muslims become jihadists? Prospect Jun 7, 2020
The Day After War Begins in Iran New York Times Oped Jan 6, 2020
End US sanctions against Iran so that we can fight coronavirus with all our might The Guardian Oped Mar 21, 2020
Telling the tales of the women of IS group France24 Oct 10, 2019
Azadeh Moaveni (@AzadehMoaveni) is a writer, researcher and academic whose work has focused on the impact on women and girls of political instability and conflict, as well as the interplay between militarism, Islamism and women’s social and political rights.
She is an Associate Professor at New York University where she directs the program in Global Journalism. She is an advisor to the International Crisis Group where she served as director of the Gender and Conflict Project.
She is the author of Guest House for Young Widows and Lipstick Jihad, Honeymoon in Tehran, and co-author, with Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, of Iran Awakening. Her expertise includes Iran and Iranian society, Islamic State (Isis), Islamic society, and Middle East politics. Some of her recent research focused on women’s involvement in al-Shabaab and Boko Haram, and the challenges of demobilizing women who affiliated with the Islamic State.
She was Middle East correspondent for a decade for Time magazine and the Los Angeles Times. She writes for the London Review of Books, The Guardian, and The New York Times, among other publications.