Eric Randolph

Eric Randolph was a correspondent for Agence France-Presse (AFP) in Tehran, Iran, from 2016 to 2019, and is working on a book about his experiences there. He is currently the AFP’s deputy bureau chief in Istanbul, Turkey. (February 2020)

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Tehran’s One and Only Standup Comic

In front of the sizable and unsuspecting crowd that had gathered in the Tehran hostel’s café, Ali immediately launched into an explanation of his unremittingly bleak view of life.

February 10, 2020

An Iranian Dissident’s Tale

Kian Tajbakhsh grew impatient with other foreign-raised prisoners who bemoaned their fates, claiming they had never sought to overthrow the Islamic Republic but claiming all they wanted was a more secular, liberal Iran—as if the two were compatible.

July 30, 2019

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