Hoover Institution Hosted a Conference on the “Prospects for Democracy in Iran: Assessing the Regime and the Opposition”

8:45 a.m.

Introduction and Welcome

9:00 a.m.

Regime Structure and Splits
Chair: Abbas Milani, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, and Hamid and Christina  Moghadam Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University

The Regime Structure: Fatemeh Haghighatjoo (Harvard University)
The Clerical Structure: Arash Naraghi (University of California, Santa Barbara)

10:30 a.m.

Break

10:45 a.m.

The Internal Opposition
Chair: Michael McFaul, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

The Political Opposition within Iran: Akbar Ganji

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m.

Civil Society
The Sexual Revolution: Pardis Mahdavi (Columbia University)
Internet Activism and Bloggers: John Kelly (Harvard University)

3:00 p.m.

Break

3:15 p.m.

The Nuclear Question and U.S.-Iran Relations
Chair: Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

The State of Iran’s Nuclear Program: Dr. Shahram Chubin (Geneva Centre for Security Policy)
Public Reactions, Political Factors, and Splits in the Regime on the Nuclear Issue: Abbas Milani (Hoover Institution, Stanford University)