Dr. Azadeh Zamirirad
Africa and Middle East Head of Research Division
Areas of Expertise
- Iran
- Defence and security policy / Armed forces
- Elites and elite change
- Political systems
Short Curriculum vitae
since 2024 Head, Africa and Middle East Division
2018 - 2024 Deputy Head, Africa and Middle East Division
since 2015 Researcher, Africa and Middle East Division, SWP
2009–2015 Lecturer (international and comparative politics), University of Potsdam
2008–2014 Editor of the journal WeltTrends
2005–2007 Project coordinator of the DAAD-funded university cooperations of Potsdam University with the Sadat Academy for Management Sciences Cairo and the University of Tehran
2001–2006 M.A. Political Science | American Studies, University of Potsdam
SWP Publications
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Iran: The Test Case for Feminist Foreign Policy
in: Feminist Foreign and Development Policy in PracticeContribution to a Research Paper 2024/RP 09, 21.06.2024, 81 Pages, pp. 42–46
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Forced to Go East?
Iran’s Foreign Policy Outlook and the Role of Russia, China and India
Working Paper Research Division Middle East and Africa, 2020/01, 42 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2020WP03
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Three implications of the corona crisis in Iran
The coronavirus is more than a health challenge for the Islamic Republic. The virus is exacerbating the legitimacy crisis and pushing religion into the background, says Azadeh Zamirirad.
Point of View, 09.04.2020 -
What Europe can do now to save the nuclear deal with Iran
In response to Tehran’s announcement that it will no longer be implementing parts of the nuclear agreement, the EU should do everything it can to avert the danger of the accord’s full collapse and create the necessary conditions to normalise trade relations with Iran. An assessment by Oliver Meier and Azadeh Zamirirad.
Point of View, 10.05.2019 -
Détente in the Gulf Region – Saudi Arabia and Iran Agree on Zones of Influence
in: While We Were PlanningContribution to a Research Paper 2018/RP 05, 03.09.2018, 46 Pages, pp. 21–25
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Saving Transatlantic Cooperation and the Iran Nuclear Deal
A View from Europe and the United States
SWP Comment 2018/C 09, 15.02.2018, 4 Pages
External publications
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How to complete the revolution? Khamenei´s vision and its disruption after Raisi´s death
in: Iran in transition - Clingendael blog series, 03.06.2024 -
The Iran protests one year on: Time for a feminist EU response
in: European Leadership Network, 15.09.2023 -
The end of moderation? Social and political radicalism under Hassan Rouhani
in: Radicalization during the Rouhani years. Iran's political shifts and their implications. David Jalilvand and Achim Vogt (eds.), March 2021. Page 4-8. -
To Vote or not to Vote: on the Significance of Presidential Elections in Iran
The majority of the Iranian population may stay away from the ballot box this year. Yet that does not render presidential elections meaningless.
in: The FES Blog on the Iranian Presidential Elections of 2021, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 20.05.2021 (online) -
Missing the Target
Impact of the US »Maximum Pressure« Policy on Iran's Domestic Sphere
In: Achim Vogt and David Jalilvand (eds.): One Year After the Re-imposition of Sanctions - Perspectives on the Strategic Implications of the US »Maximum Pressure« Campaign Against Iran, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 4 November 2019: pp. 6-10. -
Iran’s Shifting Nuclear Debate and the Shrinking Space for Diplomacy
Diplomacy has only a narrow window of opportunity, as the nuclear debate inside Iran remains volatile.
in: RUSI, Commentary, 16.02.2021 (online)