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Mens landsomfattende opprør raste og verden var rystet av overgrepet mot Jina Amini, dyrket den regimelojale pressen i Iran sine egne offerhistorier.

This research brief analyzes the discursive production of, and political struggle over, religious authority in Shia Iraq. It examines Friday sermons held in the run-up to the May 2018 parliamentary elections. ; publishedVersion

Religiøs autoritet er politisk valuta i Irak. Hvordan brukes den når setene i landets nasjonalforsamling står til valg?

Private aviser og tv-kanaler er ettertraktede maktmidler, og brer hurtig om seg i Kuwait. I hvilken grad utfordrer de nye eierstrukturene det politiske systemet?

En historisk analyse av de arabiske landene, Iran og Tyrkia, med vekt på hvilken innvirkning den økonomiske utviklingen har hatt på demokratiseringen.

Teorien om renteniststaten tegner et statisk og endimensjonalt bilde av politikk i oljestater. Det er behov for et nytt blikk på Golfen som ser forbi det stiliserte bildet av oljesjeikers dominans av innbyggere gjennom ritualiserte bestikkelser.

En tankesmie assosiert med Mir Hossein Musavi skisserte rammen for «muslimsk levemodus» i forkant av 2009-valget i Iran. Hva var dens visjon for den islamske republikken?

Historical background. Troubled heritage -- Society and state. Class ; Ethnicity -- The quest for legitimacy. Reformism ; Islamism -- Institutions and power. Monarchies ; Republics -- Scenarios of change. Democratisation ; Breakdown

Abstract
The capacity of authoritarian states to manipulate narratives and undermine the authority of western democracies is increasingly emphasized in International Relations research. Far less scrutiny has been paid to the ways in which the media environment creates communication vulnerabilities for these same repressive states. We address this research gap through a case-study of Persian-language commentary on the targeted assassination of Qasem Soleimani—a crescendo in the conflict between Iran and the United States. We examine how commentators on the two popular satellite channels interpreted Soleimani's killing and subsequent developments, and specifically, whether they rallied around the Iranian flag. The research method employed is qualitative media content analysis. The investigation reveals that the Islamic Republic did not benefit from a significant surge in patriotism among Iranian commentators; in fact, some openly applauded the attack. It was only when President Trump threatened to bomb Iranian cultural sites that the commentators rallied around the flag. The Islamic Republic faced a two-front narrative battle as communication attacks from within the national community intensified the information war with the US. The article concludes that authoritarian states are at a disadvantage when they require communication strategies beyond disinformation and distortion.