Iran: Wars on Infrastructure; Infrastructures of Repression

The U.S. and Israel have not only threatened Iran’s civilian infrastructure, but have systematically targeted it since the start of their attack. Historian Golnar Nikpour discusses the Iranian state and prison system since the early 20th century and places recent mass protests — the largest in Iranian history — in the context of regular cycles of protest and repression in modern Iran. Golnar Nikpour, The Incarcerated Modern: Prisons and Public Life in Iran Stanford University Press, 2024 Photo credit: Saeed Karimi The post Iran: Wars on Infrastructure; Infrastructures of Repression appeared first on KPFA.