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Resilience and Social Participation: Collective Strength in Times of Crisis

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KHANA hosted a session titled “War Revisited and Resilience” with researchers and social activists On September 3, 2025, KHANA hosted a session titled “War Revisited and Resilience” with researchers and social activists. The discussion centered on a vital question: if the 12-day war had lasted months instead of days, could society have endured? Dr. Meysam […]

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Passive Defense as a Policy Framework for Managing Biological Threats

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KHANA hosted a specialized session titled “The Role of Think Tanks in Strengthening Passive Defense of the Health System Against Biological Threats In an effort to examine internal challenges and improve the mechanisms of Iran’s health system, KHANA hosted a specialized session titled “The Role of Think Tanks in Strengthening Passive Defense of the Health

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Institutional and Regulatory Challenges in Governing Online Medicine Distribution

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Revisiting the session “Exploring Challenges and Solutions for Online Medicine Distribution” On the occasion of World Social Security Day, revisiting the session “Exploring Challenges and Solutions for Online Medicine Distribution” provided a fresh opportunity to reflect on the policy dilemmas of ensuring pharmaceutical justice in Iran’s digital ecosystem. The experience of the COVID-19 pandemic revealed

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Khana hosted a meeting of a group of elites from Uzbekistan and Pakistan.

Intellectual Diplomacy Forum with Selected Scholars from Uzbekistan and Pakistan

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KHANA hosted a meeting of a group of elites from Uzbekistan and Pakistan On Monday, September 7, KHANA hosted an exclusive gathering of top students from Uzbekistan and Pakistan, alongside members of think tanks from Iran, China, and Diplomacy of Nations. The central theme was exploring pathways for scientific collaboration between Iran and these two

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Silver Economy: Unlocking New Opportunities in an Aging world

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Sharif Policy Research Institute in collaboration with KHANA presents Sharif Policy Event, No. 137 Panel Members: Dr. Abena Dadze-Arthur, Assistant Professor at the School of Government, University of Birmingham, UK Dr Tahani Mustafa, Postdoctoral Fellow at LSE, European Council on Foreign Relations, UK Dr. Michael Amponsah, Population Scientist, Researcher, NCCE., Ghana Dr. Farideh Bahrami, Postdoctoral

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Passive Defense: A Strategy for Enhancing the Resilience of the Health System Against Emerging Threats

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The specialized meeting “Passive Defense in the Health System” was held on Tuesday, July 27, 2025, chaired by the Health Core of the Growth Center at Imam Sadegh University (AS) and hosted by KHANA, with the participation of Dr. Kariminia, Head of the Passive Defense Headquarters in the Health Sector; Dr. Shirali, Head of the

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An Experience for the Future of Governance

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Dr. Mehdi Sanaei’s Account of Establishing the Secretariat for Administrative Foresight and Innovation in the 13th Administration The first session in the “Government of Experience” series—focusing on revisiting governance and policy-making experiences of the country’s thought leaders—was held on July 29, 2025, at its headquarters. Dr. Mehdi Sanaei, founder of the “Transparency for Iran” think

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Mapping the Iranian Public Mind During Wartime Crisis: An Analysis of a Three-Phase Public Opinion Survey

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The public response in Iran during the intense 12-day war was not merely a momentary reaction—it was a complex map of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral transformations as Iranian society faced external threats. The findings of this study reveal that public opinion during crises behaves like a living, dynamic entity—shifting from waves of anger and sorrow

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Rethinking the Training of Policy Researchers: Requirements, Challenges, and Solutions

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In the country’s ecosystem of intellectual development, training thoughtful, policy-oriented individuals is not a short-term educational project but a foundational strategy for cultivating soft power and reinforcing the knowledge base of governance. The first session of the “Taraz” series (Comprehensive Model for Training Think Tanks) aims to revisit existing institutional experiences and initiate a strategic

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Event :Against Imperialist Confusion” The Narrative of Resistance and Global Solidarity with Iran

Against Imperial Confusion:International Working-Class Solidarity with Iran

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Reclaiming the Narrative: Resistance, Solidarity, and the Struggle Against Imperialist Distortion In response to the coordinated military attacks on Iran by Israel and the United States—and the growing distortion of narratives in Western media—activists, scholars, and labor organizers from Iran and around the world will gather for an online forum titled “Against Imperialist Confusion: Global

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