--- description: Narges Bajoghli is an associate professor of Middle East Studies at John Hopkins University, and the author of “Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic." title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Narges Bajoghli ## Narges Bajoghli Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Narges Bajoghli is an associate professor of Middle East Studies at John Hopkins University, and the author of “[Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic."](https://www.sup.org/books/middle-east-studies/iran-reframed) ## Narges Bajoghli Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jan 13, 2026 ### [Iran Toppled the Shah in 1979\. Why This Time Isn’t Quite Like That](https://time.com/7345623/iran-protests-reza-shah-pahlavi-ayatollah-1979/) The conditions in Iran today are not comparable to those that precipitated the downfall of the Shah ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 19, 2025 ### [The Issues With Calling for Regime Change in Iran](https://time.com/7295877/issues-with-regime-change-iran/) "The most ardent proponents of regime change in Iran may be accelerating the very nuclear program th... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/narges-bajoghli/","name":"Narges Bajoghli"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/narges-bajoghli/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/narges-bajoghli/"},"name":"Narges Bajoghli","jobTitle":null,"description":"Narges Bajoghli is an associate professor of Middle East Studies at John Hopkins University, and the author of “Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic.\"","url":"https://time.com/author/narges-bajoghli/","sameAs":["https://instagram.com/nargesbajoghli"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```