Pegah Banihashemi

Banihashemi

Pegah Banihashemi is a constitutional law scholar at the University of Chicago Law School and a human rights law instructor whose work focuses on power structures and political change in the Middle East.

Why Iran won’t change

The US and Israel were wrong to expect the regime to change its behavior, let alone be brought down by the Iranian people, writes Pegah Banihashemi.

23 July, 2026