Rasmus Elling
@rasmuselling.bsky.social
Associate Prof, Head of Middle East Studies, Uni of Copenhagen // Iran, History, Sociology // Views my own // English, Danish, Persian
I see this in direct connection to #Iran pres Pezeshkian’s recent statement that Supreme Leader Khamenei has rejected potential talks with US as “pointless”. Pezeshkian had more or less promised talks during campaign and Zarif was key to this.
March 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I see this in direct connection to #Iran pres Pezeshkian’s recent statement that Supreme Leader Khamenei has rejected potential talks with US as “pointless”. Pezeshkian had more or less promised talks during campaign and Zarif was key to this.
Jeg talte med @anderspucknielsen.dk og @veterandrusianer.dk på deres imponerende podcast Krigskunst. Om den islamiske republik Irans position i regionen efter mange nederlag i “Modstandsaksen”
youtu.be/BngNjkscplY?...
youtu.be/BngNjkscplY?...
February 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Jeg talte med @anderspucknielsen.dk og @veterandrusianer.dk på deres imponerende podcast Krigskunst. Om den islamiske republik Irans position i regionen efter mange nederlag i “Modstandsaksen”
youtu.be/BngNjkscplY?...
youtu.be/BngNjkscplY?...
The desperate acrobatics underpinned by sheer intent to whitewash the rise of overt fascism - oh, sorry, **insincere Nazism** - in the American political class is, well, baffling to observe.
February 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The desperate acrobatics underpinned by sheer intent to whitewash the rise of overt fascism - oh, sorry, **insincere Nazism** - in the American political class is, well, baffling to observe.
OBS! nyt lokale pga den store interesse. Vi glæder os til at se jer på Københavns Universitet i morgen.
December 17, 2024 at 2:02 PM
OBS! nyt lokale pga den store interesse. Vi glæder os til at se jer på Københavns Universitet i morgen.
Onsdag d. 18. december kl. 12-14, lokale 15A.2.13, Københavns Universitet Søndre Campus (Islands Brygge)
ET NYT SYRIEN, ET NYT MELLEMØSTEN?
Paneldebat med tolv forskere og analytikere. Åbent for alle, ingen tilmelding nødvendig.
ET NYT SYRIEN, ET NYT MELLEMØSTEN?
Paneldebat med tolv forskere og analytikere. Åbent for alle, ingen tilmelding nødvendig.
December 13, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Onsdag d. 18. december kl. 12-14, lokale 15A.2.13, Københavns Universitet Søndre Campus (Islands Brygge)
ET NYT SYRIEN, ET NYT MELLEMØSTEN?
Paneldebat med tolv forskere og analytikere. Åbent for alle, ingen tilmelding nødvendig.
ET NYT SYRIEN, ET NYT MELLEMØSTEN?
Paneldebat med tolv forskere og analytikere. Åbent for alle, ingen tilmelding nødvendig.
📢CALL FOR BOOK PROPOSALS📢
IHF Modern Iran Series
⏰Deadline: January 31, 2025⏰
For our new fully open access series, we’re taking proposals for books on modern Iranian history, politics, society and economy.
ℹ️For more info: ihf.org.uk/call-for-boo... ℹ️
IHF Modern Iran Series
⏰Deadline: January 31, 2025⏰
For our new fully open access series, we’re taking proposals for books on modern Iranian history, politics, society and economy.
ℹ️For more info: ihf.org.uk/call-for-boo... ℹ️
December 10, 2024 at 7:51 PM
📢CALL FOR BOOK PROPOSALS📢
IHF Modern Iran Series
⏰Deadline: January 31, 2025⏰
For our new fully open access series, we’re taking proposals for books on modern Iranian history, politics, society and economy.
ℹ️For more info: ihf.org.uk/call-for-boo... ℹ️
IHF Modern Iran Series
⏰Deadline: January 31, 2025⏰
For our new fully open access series, we’re taking proposals for books on modern Iranian history, politics, society and economy.
ℹ️For more info: ihf.org.uk/call-for-boo... ℹ️
Med Sune Haugbølle og Christine Crone arbejder jeg lige nu på at organisere en paneldebat om Syrien efter Assad-regimets fald set fra forskernes perspektiv og med geopolitisk udblik til regionen. Mere info følger snart men skriv tidspunktet bag øret: Onsdag d. 18. december kl. 12-14 på KU(A).
December 10, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Med Sune Haugbølle og Christine Crone arbejder jeg lige nu på at organisere en paneldebat om Syrien efter Assad-regimets fald set fra forskernes perspektiv og med geopolitisk udblik til regionen. Mere info følger snart men skriv tidspunktet bag øret: Onsdag d. 18. december kl. 12-14 på KU(A).
Iranian pro-regime Telegram channels now running infographics explaining how Khamenei over six months had been warning Assad of his impending fate and need to do more to resist threats.
December 10, 2024 at 7:56 AM
Iranian pro-regime Telegram channels now running infographics explaining how Khamenei over six months had been warning Assad of his impending fate and need to do more to resist threats.
Iran’s president Pezeshkian paraphrased to the extent that “the Syrian people will decide future of their country”, without “external destructive influence”. As if Iran hadnt spent approx 30-50 bn USD on their interests in Syria, keeping Assad regime alive since 2012. Stunning switch in rhetoric.
December 8, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Iran’s president Pezeshkian paraphrased to the extent that “the Syrian people will decide future of their country”, without “external destructive influence”. As if Iran hadnt spent approx 30-50 bn USD on their interests in Syria, keeping Assad regime alive since 2012. Stunning switch in rhetoric.
Addendum: Pezeshkian tweeted two hours ago that “we can write a law but if it is unjust, it is not implementable”. Interpret that as you may.
December 2, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Addendum: Pezeshkian tweeted two hours ago that “we can write a law but if it is unjust, it is not implementable”. Interpret that as you may.
There’s even some discontent within clergy. This is the front page of daily Setāreye Sobh today, boasting a range of ayatollahs, some dead, some alive, objecting to a policy of hijab enforcement.
December 2, 2024 at 9:11 PM
There’s even some discontent within clergy. This is the front page of daily Setāreye Sobh today, boasting a range of ayatollahs, some dead, some alive, objecting to a policy of hijab enforcement.
For example, Nasrin Sotudeh, human rights defender, and Sadiqeh Vasmaqi, regime critic, both based in Iran, have lambasted the Bill as “shameful” and demanded all misogynistic laws dismantled.
December 2, 2024 at 9:11 PM
For example, Nasrin Sotudeh, human rights defender, and Sadiqeh Vasmaqi, regime critic, both based in Iran, have lambasted the Bill as “shameful” and demanded all misogynistic laws dismantled.
The Bill has faced strong criticism and condemnation from Iranian human rights activists, regime critics, lawyers as yet another assault on women’s rights, institutionalization of gender apartheid and policing of women’s bodies.
December 2, 2024 at 9:11 PM
The Bill has faced strong criticism and condemnation from Iranian human rights activists, regime critics, lawyers as yet another assault on women’s rights, institutionalization of gender apartheid and policing of women’s bodies.
This is particularly controversial after the Woman Life Freedom uprising following Jina Mahsa Amini’s killing in moral police custody when thousands of Iranians across the country demanded gender equality, freedom and end to the Islamic Republic.
December 2, 2024 at 9:11 PM
This is particularly controversial after the Woman Life Freedom uprising following Jina Mahsa Amini’s killing in moral police custody when thousands of Iranians across the country demanded gender equality, freedom and end to the Islamic Republic.
taxi drivers, shopping malls, public institutions are forced to report anyone who doesn’t obey hijab law; violators will face substantial and escalating fines, and if not paid, other sanctions, e.g. loosing vehicle registration or blacklisting from exiting country.
December 2, 2024 at 9:11 PM
taxi drivers, shopping malls, public institutions are forced to report anyone who doesn’t obey hijab law; violators will face substantial and escalating fines, and if not paid, other sanctions, e.g. loosing vehicle registration or blacklisting from exiting country.
In essence, the bill seeks to disperse the effort of policing women beyond the Moral Police: an app is launched where citizens can snitch on fellow citizens (“Popular Reportings”); surveillance is severely tightened;
December 2, 2024 at 9:11 PM
In essence, the bill seeks to disperse the effort of policing women beyond the Moral Police: an app is launched where citizens can snitch on fellow citizens (“Popular Reportings”); surveillance is severely tightened;
The lawmakers claim the aim is to strengthen family values but the bill is a long list of draconian measures to enforce mandatory veiling in public space. Quote from: iranwire.com/en/women/136...
December 2, 2024 at 9:11 PM
The lawmakers claim the aim is to strengthen family values but the bill is a long list of draconian measures to enforce mandatory veiling in public space. Quote from: iranwire.com/en/women/136...
Iranian parliament has passed its controversial 74-article Chastity and Hijab Bill and sent it off to the government for implementation on December 13. Law runs for a 3-year trial period. Screenshot: @radiofarda.com.web.brid.gy
December 2, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Iranian parliament has passed its controversial 74-article Chastity and Hijab Bill and sent it off to the government for implementation on December 13. Law runs for a 3-year trial period. Screenshot: @radiofarda.com.web.brid.gy
E.g. Tasnim: “News about coup in Damascus is a lie”
November 30, 2024 at 7:30 PM
E.g. Tasnim: “News about coup in Damascus is a lie”
I morgen får Københavns Universitet besøg af en af verdens førende forskere i migration og geopolitik, Dr. Gerasimos Tsourapas, som kommer direkte fra Cairo og fortæller om sin forskning. For hvordan bruger et styre som det i Egypten migrationstrømme som politisk magtmiddel?
November 27, 2024 at 12:03 PM
I morgen får Københavns Universitet besøg af en af verdens førende forskere i migration og geopolitik, Dr. Gerasimos Tsourapas, som kommer direkte fra Cairo og fortæller om sin forskning. For hvordan bruger et styre som det i Egypten migrationstrømme som politisk magtmiddel?
Comments by Mostafa Kavakebiyan, head of pro-reform Hezb-e Mardomsâlâri from debate on nuclear weapons: such weapons are religiously unlawful; technically impossible to achieve; futile or counterproductive as deterrent. Weaponization equal to "playing on [Israel's] turf", i.e. a trap.
November 18, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Comments by Mostafa Kavakebiyan, head of pro-reform Hezb-e Mardomsâlâri from debate on nuclear weapons: such weapons are religiously unlawful; technically impossible to achieve; futile or counterproductive as deterrent. Weaponization equal to "playing on [Israel's] turf", i.e. a trap.
Ouch. Kayhān daily, Khamenei mouthpiece, NOT happy with rumoured meeting btw Elon Musk and Iran diplomat in NY 😬 “Naivety or treason?!”, the headline runs. #Iran
November 16, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Ouch. Kayhān daily, Khamenei mouthpiece, NOT happy with rumoured meeting btw Elon Musk and Iran diplomat in NY 😬 “Naivety or treason?!”, the headline runs. #Iran
Buckle up, people. This is going to be a crazy ride. newrepublic.com/post/188412/...
November 15, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Buckle up, people. This is going to be a crazy ride. newrepublic.com/post/188412/...