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Navid Zarrinnal

Navid Zarrinnal

Navid Zarrinnal is an Iranian-American academic and the host of The Colony Archive. Navid Zarrinnal received his PhD in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies from Columbia University. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Tehran’s History Department. He specializes in Iranian and Persian histories and cultures.
Iran’s Protests Explained: A Diary from Tehran  
Iran Opinion

Iran’s Protests Explained: A Diary from Tehran  

Amid the escalations by federal agents and the fear that looms heavy in the air in the Twin Cities, Minnesotans are showing up for their immigrant neighbors and each other in a multitude of ways, some old and some newfound.

Navid Zarrinnal
January 20, 2026