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Gozaar Future
Dear readers, Four years ago, Gozaar was launched as a monthly Persian/English web journal on democracy and human rights in Iran. Gozaar (meaning ‘transition’) was a response to the Iranian regime’s stifling of free expression. While the regime suppressed independent media, Gozaar created an inclusive and vibrant ...
Religion’s Chaotic Market and the Envious Doormen of Paradise
Iranian officials have always claimed that they are to make the people’s world and afterworld flourish and they are the only one who are able to so. They have used every opportunity to show this authoritarian and totalitarian spiritualism and care for life after death. One example is their position ...
Intelligence Services; from attracting foreign funds to suppressing dissidents
With the announcement of the filing of the lawsuit against Green movement leaders by the political and security deputy of the National Prosecutor, the latest chapter in the "Green Leaders Receiving Financial Aid from Abroad" drama scripted by Ahmad Jannati and the Intelligence Minister of the Ahmadinejad administration has ...
Where is my Vote? No, Where is my Family?
One year after the elections the people are still traumatized about what went on in their cities and neighborhoods and continue to suspect that at any moment a strange looking person—a government agent—with a stick would chase them. They are still dreading the possibility of being kidnapped in a car, ...
The Prisoners’ Rights
When we speak of prisoner’s rights, it means that we have left behind the age of dungeons and branding bodies and have caught up with civilization and the culture of human rights. Furthermore, it means that we possess a law and legal document to which we can refer. Even if ...
A Review of the Prevailing Political Situation in Iran
The chasms are deepening. This is the clearest picture one can conjure of the current situation of the government in Iran. Nowadays the Islamic Republic regime resembles a dam, the cracks in which are growing larger and deeper by the day, cracks which appeared immediately after the June 2009 Presidential ...
The Eleven-Pronged Assault of the Illegitimate Government on Universities in Iran
“The intent behind my decision is to stabilize the leadership, that is, unless there is an urgent need for change. Wherever and whenever I come to the conclusion that there is a need for change, I will act to effect that change but I have not reached that conclusion as ...
Iranian Woman: Veil and Identity
When talking about Iranian female identity, veiling is one of the most controversial issues. Some scholars believe that Islamic culture, particularly the imposed veil, deconstructs women’s self-identity, and reconstructs an identity of obedience for them. Therefore, it is relevant to look briefly into a short history of the process of ...
A Hellenic Hell for Refugees
Social restrictions and political pressure, economic woes, unemployment, the harrasment and arrest of adolescents and young adults for failing to observe Islamic regulations, family obligations, uncertainty about Iran's future, a sense of insecurity, and lack of hope for a better tomorrow ... These are some of the reasons that have ...
The Weakness of the Islamic Republic
As an Iranian journalist I’ve been asked by my American or European colleagues that “what can we do about Iran?” This question is asked more pronouncedly each time that Iran undergoes turmoil and change. The political and social developments of the last year and half have constantly kept Iran at ...
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