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Theatre, A Response to a Need
The name “Theatre Workshop,” which in the 1970s had an important role in shaping Iran’s modern and experimental theater, is inseparable from Arby Ovanessian’s name. But since the revolution, Arby has been living outside Iran and has kept the secrets of this valuable movement in Iran’s theatre by not having ...The Clerical Establishment Will Not Promote Democracy
Note: During the past two centuries establishing a connection between Islam and democracy has been, and continues to be, the main desire of many intellectuals in Islamic countries such as Iran. The path to achieving this dream and the obstacles that stand in its way, have been the topic of many political, ...A Message That Resonates
Note: Iranian rap music began a few years ago in underground places and has since then expanded. In recent years, however, it has been accompanied by other types of music such as rock and indie that have had a difficult time acquiring permits to play in public. Because of this, many ...The Iranian Economy is on the Brink of Collapse
Note: Undoubtedly, the continuation of the drop in oil prices has made the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, quite nervous. In the past, even much greater powers, like the Soviet Union, could not survive such shocks. The coincidence of the global economic crisis with the ...Iran Has No Capacity for Reforms
Ahmad Batebi was born in 1977 in the city of Shiraz. The publication of his photo with a blood-stained shirt on the cover of the weekly magazine “The Economist” became a symbol of the 1999 student movement. After the picture was published he was arrested and sentenced to death for the ...America Cannot Ignore Human Rights and Democracy Issues in Its Talks with Iran
The presidential election in America and how it affects the country’s relations with Iran has always captured the attention of Iranian politicians and authorities. To address this issue, and following on from the interview with Professor Abbas Milani, Gozaar met with Professor Kamran Dadkhah, a political analyst and professor of ...Poverty and Suppression as the Government Response to Civil Demands
We talked to Narges Mohammadi, Vice Chairman of the Center for the Defense of Human Rights and the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Peace Council about elections, democracy, and peace in Iran. Mohammadi, while indicating the grim situation of human rights and living conditions in Iran, anticipates ...A Democratic Government is in Iran’s National Interest
Thirty-five-year-old Ali Afshari, born in the town of Ghazvin, was arrested for the first time in 1993. Accused of defending free speech and endorsing Dr. Abdolkarim Souroush[1] at Amir Kabir University, Afshari was placed in solitary confinement. In 2000, he was arrested upon his return to Iran from a conference ...Human Rights Negotiations with Iran, a Harbinger of Democracy
Gozaar’s interview with Prof. Abbas Milani is the first in a series of articles looking at the consequences of forthcoming elections in the United States and Iran for U.S.-Iranian relations. This interview has been translated from Persian to English. Abbas Milani is the Hamid and Christina Moghadam ...Time Stands Still in Solitary Confinement
Twenty-five year-old Kianoosh Sanjari has been arrested nine times and imprisoned six times since the year 2000. He has been accused of threatening Iranian national security, talking to foreign media, and keeping a blog that describes the situation of political prisoners in Iran. He was also imprisoned for his membership ...
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