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The Labor Movement Is Not Separate From Other Social Movements
To which segment of society do you consider labor to belong, and how many labor organizations are currently active in Iran? Each individual who receives a salary in exchange for his labor or intellectual capital is considered a laborer. Currently, according to labor laws, two groups known as the Labor Union Organization ...Iranian Culture is Not the Cause Behind the Failure of Democracy
Note: Historically, Iran and the Middle East is one of the most deficient regions of the world when it comes to encounters with democracy, freedom, and human rights. The majority of political analysts view “oil and Islam” as the most important explanatory factors of the slow progress of democracy in this region, ...Engineering the Presidential Election in Iran
A Conversation with Ali Jamali, president of the Political Committee of the Advar-e Tahkim-e Vahdat (Alumni Association of the Office for the Consolidation of Unity) ...They Called That Day “The New Day”
An Interview with Esmael Khoei, the renowned Iranian poet ...Dance; The Language of Nature
Note: On the threshold of the Iranian New Year, when Spring dances again, we exchanged a few words with Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam, a well-known Iranian artist among connoisseurs of Western performance art. In addition to Iranian folk dances—having studied dances performed in Indonesia like the Barris and Topeng, and traditional ...From Earthly Rebellion to Ethereal Delight
Note: Forty-two years have passed since the death of a woman who was unlike anyone else. Forough Farokhzad lived and wrote her poetry in a different way. Her poetry was the voice of protest for women who, throughout a religion-haunted history, had been deprived of their rights and identities. Here ...Khatami and the Growth of Democracy in Iran
Note: The recent decision by Iran’s former president, Seyed Mohammad Khatami, to stand for election again has created new speculation about his plans. Some paint a conservative picture of Khatami in a potential third term as president, while others imagine him as becoming more daring than in the past. A ...You Don't Have Permission to Make a Film About Iran...
With “Prostitution behind the Veil” and “Four Wives - One Man,” Nahid Persson Sarvestani had already established her reputation as a documentary filmmaker in Sweden, her adopted country of many years. Now she has chosen another provocative Iranian subject: Farah Pahlavi, widow of the deposed Shah of Iran. Her documentary ...The Path Will Show You the Way
Note: Thirty years have passed. Thirty years from what we have named “the Islamic Revolution.” An event which, as its name indicates, brought about a fundamental change in the history, religion, beliefs, and morals of the Iranian people. Years, which on the grand scale of history will seem very short, but do feel especially ...Freedom Was Only a Slogan of the Revolution and It Remained Merely a Slogan
Only a short time had passed since the seizure of power by the revolutionaries who claimed to defend freedom when, in the wake of Ayatollah Khomeini’s command, the wave of arrests of political activists, ban on the independent press and the banishment of intellectuals and other-thinking individuals began. From the ...
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