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Double Oppression: The Bitter Reality of Life for Kurdish Women in the Islamic Republic
Among the issues that arose almost a century ago during Iran’s Constitutional Revolution, and that continues to be important today, is how to achieve democracy and attain human rights, particularly women’s rights, in a patriarchal society where religion has been the core of domestic and social life. Iranian women’s demands ...Unsung Heroes
In this world, it is women who must dedicate their entire existence to their men in the social struggle against authoritarianism. These women are akin to stars that burn in anonymity and shine on occasion, but who, intentionally or unintentionally, consciously or unconsciously, dedicate their entire lives—body and soul—to the ...The Realities of Life Inside Gohardasht Prison
Although Gohardasht Prison was built by the Pahlavi regime, the prison is only as old as the Islamic Republic of Iran. The shah (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi) was never able to inaugurate it. In the first days after the revolution, when all actions of the previous regime were depicted as criminal ...No Fear
In the eighth decade of her life, Simin Behbahani, contemporary Iran’s first lady of lyric poetry, with her lined brow and white hair, speaks more of times long gone by than today. On a blazing hot summer day, Simin Behbahani, with her usual banter and mocking way—which has ...Unprecedented Levels of Censorship in Iran Today
Eisa Saharkhiz was born in Abadan in 1953. He migrated to Karaj with his family when he was six. He completed his elementary and high school education in Karaj and graduated with an Economics degree from the University of Tehran in 1979. He began his work as a journalist and ...The Foundation of Iran’s Film Industry Must Change
A Note When I was a young boy, every Friday I used to see the name Mohammad Mehdi Dadgou appear as the producer of Hezar Dastan, a TV series. I remember that my father’s friends, who were either film critics or worked in some capacity in the field of cinema, ...The Continuing Persecution of Baha’is in Iran
Ms. Alai, Baha'is in Iran have no rights, according to the Islamic Republic's constitution. Nevertheless, the severity of persecution against them has ebbed and flowed since the 1979 revolution. What is the current state of the civil and political liberties of Iran's Baha'is, and how has it deteriorated over the ...
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