Tehran – ESI senior analyst Nigar Goksel at a Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) conference

Nigar Goksel. Photo: Attila Alpman

Traveling to Iran for a couple of days in December to attend a conference organized by Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), a think tank affiliated with the Iranian foreign ministry, ESI senior analyst Nigar Goksel jotted down her observations from the conference on security and her impressions about women in Iran. Please find them here:

• Impressions from Tehran, Part 1: Perceptions of security
• Impressions from Tehran, Part 2: Watching women

Tehran. Photo: flickr/arash_rk

Urban women in Tehran. Photo: flickr/kamshots