Events

Conferences, talks and round tables organised by the FEMO.
27 May 2026

All Dictatorships Are Mortal

An extraordinary meeting with Alejo Vidal-Quadras It was with these words that Jean-François Legaret, President of FEMO, closed an extraordinary meeting with Paris-based journalists on Tuesday, 27 May 2025, near the National…

25 Dec 2025

Meeting at the Palais du Luxembourg with Struan Stevenson

By the Editorial Staff At a meeting held at the Palais du Luxembourg on 25 November, former MEP and Middle East specialist Struan Stevenson met with senators to discuss prospects for the…

13 Nov 2024

Human Rights in Iran: Two Years After “Woman, Life, Freedom”

Conference at Sciences Po On 13 November 2024, an exceptional conference was held at Sciences Po Paris on the theme of human rights, two years after the uprising that followed the death…

28 Mar 2024

Conference-Debate – Disinformation as a means of survival — The Iranian example

On Thursday, March 28, 2024, a conference was held in Paris—organized at the initiative of the Foundation for Middle East Studies (FEMO)—devoted to disinformation as a survival strategy employed by the Iranian…

Town Hall of the 15th Arrondissement of Paris
26 Apr 2023

Conference «After seven months of uprising, is the mullahs’ regime threatened? »

On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, a conference was held at the initiative of the European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center (ESISC) at the Press Club Brussels Europe. The conference was entitled: “After…

24 Nov 2021

Nuclear Issue and the Mullahs’ Regime’s Regional Policy

National Assembly, 24 November 2021 FEMO’s Secretary General, Nader Nouri, spoke at a conference at the National Assembly on 24 November, held at the initiative of the Parliamentary Committee for a Democratic…

29 Jun 2018

Meetings-debates: Iran – Prospects for change

On Friday, June 29, 2018, a colloquium organized by the Foundation for Middle Eastern Studies took place in Roissy en France, about the prospect for change in Iran. On this occasion, during…

1 Feb 2017

Conference: Iran, Domestic and Regional Perspectives

FEMO at the University of Lyon On 1 February 2017, a conference was held at Jean Moulin University in Lyon, organised at the initiative of the Cercle Convergence in collaboration with FEMO,…

7 Nov 2016

Relations Between the European Union and Iran: Crossed Perspectives

Conference organised in collaboration with the University of Picardie and FEMO By Davina Badier and Victoria Dominici (PhD candidates in Public Law, CURAPP-ESS), Amiens, Pôle universitaire Cathédrale, Carré de Malberg amphitheatre. Relations…

8 Jul 2016

Crisis in the Middle East: What Solutions?

International conference in Paris On Friday, 8 July 2016, a conference co-organised by FEMO and the Alliance for Public Awareness (APA-ICE) was held in Roissy-en-France on the theme: “Crisis in the Middle…

18 May 2016

Round Table at the French Senate on the Situation in Iran

At FEMO’s initiative, a round table was held at the French Senate on Wednesday, 18 May 2016, on the theme “Iran: Structural and Financial Obstacles One Year After the Nuclear Agreement.” The…

30 Mar 2016

Geopolitical Circle: “Syria, Iraq: A Third Kind of World War?”

Université Paris Dauphine Our contributor Gérard Vespierre took part in the Cercle Géopolitique’s 2015/16 lecture series, held under the academic direction of Bernard Guillochon, on Wednesday, 30 March 2016, on the theme…

9 Feb 2016

Iran: What Prospects?

Conference at Paris Business School The warming of relations between France and Iran, along with the visit of the Iranian president, led to the signing of contract projects between the two countries.…

10 Dec 2015

Conference: Iran – War or Peace?

Conference at Paris School of Business On Thursday, 10 December 2015, the Foundation for Middle East Studies held a conference at Paris School of Business entitled “Iran: War or Peace?”, held in…

12 Jun 2015

Islamist Extremism and Policy on Iran

International Conference in Paris “The Fight Against Islamist Extremism and Policy on Iran” This was the theme of a conference held on 12 June 2015 in Paris on the burning issues of…

15 May 2015

Conference at the Sorbonne – “Where Are the Middle East and North Africa Heading?”

FEMO Conference at Université Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne While current events were focused on acts of barbarity by organisations such as Boko Haram in Africa, the Foundation for Middle East Studies held a…

5 Feb 2015

Crisis in the Middle East: What Alternative for Iraq?

Conference at Université Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne Where is the Middle East heading? Does the current chaos in Iraq and Syria have a solution? What might be the alternative to the de facto…

23 Sep 2014

ESSEC Tuesday Conference – A Persian Perspective

Under the theme “A Persian Perspective on the Middle East,” FEMO was the guest of the ESSEC Tuesday Circle on 23 September 2014, in the great amphitheatre of ESSEC (École Supérieure des…

11 Feb 2014

Yves Thréard: The Iranian Regime’s Influence on the Spread of Islamism

Transcript of Yves Thréard’s address at the FEMO conference at the Maison de la Chimie: “Iran is a country I am fond of. When the revolution broke out in 1979, I had…

11 Feb 2014

35 Years After the Revolution in Iran: What Prospects?

FEMO Conference, Maison de la Chimie, Paris FEMO’s first conference was held on 11 February 2014 at the Maison de la Chimie, on the theme “35 Years After the Revolution in Iran:…