Mohsen Askari is an Iranian researcher and educator based at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. His work crosses the fields of language education, AI and technology, political communication and digital authoritarianism. Recently, his writing has primarily focused on Iranian politics, wartime internet repression and the structural silencing of public voice; while continuing research on AI-mediated learning and second language pedagogy. He writes with particular attention to Persian-language discourse that rarely reaches international audiences.