{"id":11455,"date":"2025-09-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=11455"},"modified":"2026-04-27T13:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:06:59","slug":"ali-fathollah-nejad-the-islamic-republic-is-like-an-emperor-without-clothes","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/news\/ali-fathollah-nejad-die-islamische-republik-ist-wie-ein-kaiser-ohne-kleider","title":{"rendered":"Ali Fathollah-Nejad: \"The Islamic Republic is like an emperor without clothes\""},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After his participation in the event <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/event\/inside-iran-regime-resilience-and-the-struggle-for-change\" type=\"kreisky_event\" id=\"5336\">\"INSIDE IRAN: REGIME RESILIENCE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR CHANGE\"<\/a>, The press published an interview with Ali Fathollah-Nejad on the occasion of the \"The World of Research\", which took place on 18 September at the Bruno Kreisky Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The German-Iranian political scientist Ali Fathollah-Nejad researches and teaches about Iran, the Middle East and international relations. He is the founder and director of the Berlin-based think tank Centre for Middle East and Global Order, which focuses on foreign policy research. 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