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Banafsheh Keynoush

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Dr. Banafsheh Keynoush was a Visiting Fellow at the King Faisal Center for Islamic Studies and Research in Saudi Arabia, and has spent time in Iran as visiting researcher. She is a Visiting Scholar at Princeton University and Non-Resident Scholar at the International Institute for Iranian Studies. She is the author of “Saudi Arabia and Iran: Friends or Foes?” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016; Arabic edition, Dar AlSaqi, 2017; Persian edition, Zarir Publishing 2017).

Recent Policy Analysis by Banafsheh Keynoush

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Reformist-Hardline Rivalries Dull Iran’s Parliament Elections
Feb 20, 2020
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Former Saudi and Iranian Diplomats Agree: The Region is Stuck
Aug 27, 2018
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