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IranSource

May 23, 2024

The ‘Butcher of Tehran’ is dead. It won’t change a thing.

By Khosro Sayeh Isfahani

Despite his role in crimes against humanity, Ebrahim Raisi’s celebrated death will have no bearing on the Islamic Republic’s policy.

Civil Society Human Rights

IranSource

May 9, 2024

The nuclear fatwa that wasn’t—how Iran sold the world a false narrative

By Khosro Sayeh Isfahani

Tracking the supreme leader's comments over the past two decades demonstrates that he never issued a fatwa against building a nuclear weapon.

Conflict Iran

IranSource

Apr 26, 2024

Everything you need to know about Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi and his death sentence

By Khosro Sayeh Isfahani and Andrea Alice Richardson

On April 24, a revolutionary court in Iran sentenced dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi to death on charges of “spreading corruption on the Earth.”

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Khosro Sayeh Isfahani is a researcher at the Strategic Litigation Project at the Atlantic Council, leading on open-source research of human rights and international law violations committed by individuals within and linked to the Islamic Republic of Iran. 

Prior to joining the Atlantic Council, Isfahani was the Oak Institute human rights fellow at Colby College as well as a journalist for BBC Monitoring, and prior to that a journalist at Finance Tribune in Tehran.

A regular contributor to the Atlantic Council’s IranSource, Isfahani’s work has been published by various media outlets, including BBC World, BBC Monitoring, Slate, and Financial Tribune, in addition to reports for rights groups like Article 19 and contributions to United Nation’s reporting on Iran.

His work includes articles on social movements in Iran and state violence against protestors and persecution of ethnic, religious, and LGBTQI+ minorities, along with analysis on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s regional ambitions and military activity, nuclear program, and domestic, security, and foreign policy.