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Compulsory Social Security
“Even preschools must become more active in promoting Islamic culture. We have launched a comprehensive program in collaboration with the Education Ministry. There are currently certain problems at preschools. I hope that with teacher training and appropriate children’s games, we will see Islamic culture flourish at preschools.” These were the ...
Imprisoned Economists
In late December 2009, after the violent suppression of protests held on Ashura (December 27), a new wave of arrests took place that targeted individuals close to Mir Hossein Musavi, Mehdi Karrubi, and Mohammad Khatami, three politicians commonly acknowledged as the leaders of the Green Movement. These arrests targeted individuals ...
Who Do Sanctions Truly Target?
A Report from Inside Iran: On July 1, 2010, a few days before the anniversary of America’s independence, Obama approved a new set of sanctions against Iran. Economic statistics and graphs indicate that, combined with the current social and political problems, sanctions will batter the emaciated body of Iranian society more ...
The Green Movement and Iranian Ethnicities
Many political and civil activists representing Iranian minorities believe that the Green Movement is the product of previous movements such as ethnic movements. Mohammad Ali Tofighi, a former member of the Central Council of Mojahedeen’s Islamic Revolution of Iran and a political activist and journalist contends that ethnic groups have ...
Karrubi, a Politician Who Walks on a Tight Rope
The Iranian authoritarian factions’ media policy is to keep the Green Movement’s leaders silent and to strip them of the public’s trust. The main strategy is to discredit them by showing the double standards or hypocrisy in the leaders’ actions and statements. The ideological and intellectual developments in the leaders’ ...
Zealous Militants in Citizens’ Bedrooms
Initially, the chief objective of these proposals appears to be to consult the youth and guide them in choosing the right spouse in order to decrease the likelihood of divorce. These proposals, however, seek other goals. The major goal of the proposal is to exclusively allow families who share the ...
The Women’s Ward in Evin Prison
Evin Prison, Iran’s most notorious prison, is the locus and center of the exercise of discrimination against women prisoners. Interrogators and judges are aware of these circumstances to the point where they use it as a threat: constantly reminding women prisoners who are charged with political crimes that, if they ...
Anniversary of Iran's Disputed Presidential Election
When the Iranian people determined last year that their government had denied them their right to free and fair elections, thousands of Iranian citizens poured into the streets to protest peacefully. The Iranian authorities responded to their citizens’ call for accountability and transparency with violence, arbitrary detentions, dubious trials, and ...
The Beginning of the End of the Islamic Republic
There are many signs that reflect a definite end to the Islamic Republic. However, we can neither predict its time nor should we wait for this regime to fall apart by itself tomorrow. The political-economic-social crisis that has taken place in the aftermath of last year’s presidential election has fragmented ...
The Kurds and the Formation of a Democratic Iran
On the other hand, the Green Movement should pay attention to the potential that exist in other movements, including ethnic movements. They must establish trust by using an agenda that includes the demands of genuine movements in order to achieve a common discourse with them. By supporting and uniting all ...
Theatre, A Response to a Need
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