This session examines the fundamental problems, threats, and risks involved in issue-based advocacy at the time of the election in Iran. Over the past thirty-eight years, the Islamic Republic in Iran systematically opened up the public space in the lead-up to, and during, the time of every election, and it closed the public space as quickly as possible upon the end of an election. Students, thus, learn how to optimally use this short window for issue-based advocacy purposes by taking advantage of the experience of the past thirty-eight years.
This session introduces issue-based advocacy in four sections. The session opens through a few introductory...
