Yabloko hosted a public lecture by Ilya Vaskin “Reformers in the Islamic Republic of Iran”
Press Release, 18.07.2025
The current political regime in Iran, which marked its 46th anniversary in February 2025, has just undergone a powerful test. Military operations by Israel and the US have posed a serious challenge to it. If changes were to become possible in the country, who could implement them? What is the Iranian reformist movement, from which the current President Masoud Pezeshkian emerged? Are there supporters of liberal democracy in Iran? Where do they come from? Why do they hold such views? All these issues will be discussed by Ilya Vaskin, senior lecturer and researcher at the Centre for Middle Eastern, Caucasian and Central Asian Studies at the Higher School of Economics and author of the Telegram channel “Iranian Politics”.
Watch the lecture in Russian here.
Posted: July 18th, 2025 under Conferences and Seminars.