Fatemeh Haghighatjoo

Impact of the Green Movement on Iran’s Foreign Policy

The Green Movement has affected Iran’s foreign policy and nuclear negotiations. On one hand, Iran’s leadership has not reached a compromise on the nuclear issue because its own domestic crisis has caused a decision-making deadlock. On the other hand, they want some type of opening with the West. Despite Iran’s cooperation ...
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A Dictatorship or a Democratic System

The fraud in Iran’s presidential election led to the people’s widespread protests. Despite the continued and rampant repression by the regime in the last five months, these protests have maintained their momentum in such a way that people, and especially young people, use every opportunity to express their dissatisfaction. In ...
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Stop Conflicts Within the Reformist Camp

Presidential election in Iran will be held in less than two weeks and People are going to elect the next president of Iran; although the election is not free and fair. What should our priorities be and what approach should we take? 1. Human resources are the driving force behind social movements; ...
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The U.S.-Iran Talks at Parliamentary Level

  In this paper, I am going to explain message exchange between President Obama and Iran’s Supreme Leader, expediting talks before the June presidential election in Iran, and advantages of talks at the parliamentary level of two countries. I would like to express my gratitude to President Obama for his Nowruz address ...
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Attacks on Academic Freedom in Iran

Since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took office as President of Iran, academic freedom has eroded as the leaders of the Islamic revolution have assumed control of every aspect of the nation's universities in a determined effort to suppress thoughts that might weaken their hold on the country.  The government's attack has been a ...
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Our Civic Duties and the Elections for the Eighth Majles

Elections for the Eighth Majles will take place on March 14, a little over one month from now. According to a press release from the elections section of the Ministry of Interior, 31 percent of the applicants have been disqualified, which news reports estimate at 3,000 people. Shahabeddin Sadr, executive ...
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Fatemeh Haghighatjoo

Dr. Fatemah Haghighatojoo is a visiting scholar at Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy at University of Massachusetts. She is a leading proponent of human rights and women’s rights in Iran. Dr. Haghighatjoo served in the Iranian Parliament from 2000-2004 and was the first to resign when the anti-reform Guardian Council banned more than 2000 reformist candidates from the 7th Parliamentary election. She was president of the Student Movement Caucus and a deputy of the Mosharekat Caucus in the 6th Parliament as well as a member of the political bureau of the Mosharekat party in Iran. More recently, Dr. Haghighatjoo has held several academic posts in the United States: Assistant Professor In-Resident at the University of Connecticut, Fellow in the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, and visiting scholar at the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Haghighatjoo earned her Ph.D. in Counseling from Tarbiat Moalem University, served as a Professor at the National University of Iran, and authored Search for Truth (2002). She has served as Vice President of the Psychology and Counseling Organization in Iran. She was honored as a Young Global Leader Nominee 2005 by the World Economic Forum.