Infrastructures of War and Repression in Iran
From KPFA - Against the Grain by KPFA
April 13, 2026 · 60 min
About this episode
Historian Golnar Nikpour discusses the impact of war and repression in Iran, focusing on the human costs and historical context of recent mass protests.
Trump has not only threatened Iran’s civilian infrastructure, but the U.S. and Israel have systematically targeted it since the start of their attack. Historian Golnar Nikpour reflects on the human costs of the war. And she 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 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 Infrastructures of War and Repression in Iran appeared first on KPFA.
People in this episode
Guest: Golnar Nikpour
Topics covered
- war
- repression
- Iran
- protests
- history
- infrastructure
Keywords
- Iran
- Golnar Nikpour
- war
- repression
- protests
- infrastructure
- history
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Stanford University Press
Places: Iran, U.S., Israel
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