From Death Row to Defiance: THE LONG WAR ON IRAN
Posted by Sri Lankan Guardian on February 10, 2026
"Ghamari-Tabrizi’s life story, and his latest book, The Long War on Iran: New Events, Old Questions, form a powerful counter-narrative to the dominant Western portrayal of Iran as a monolithic, irrational enemy. The book, a collection of essays written over two decades, weaves personal memory with political analysis, arguing that Iran is better understood as a fractured society shaped by trauma, fear and competing hopes rather than ideological fanaticism alone."
"From a death row cell in Tehran to lecture halls in the United States, Ghamari-Tabrizi’s life embodies the contradictions of modern Iran: revolution and repression, hope and fear, defiance and restraint."