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Trump and the Temptation of a Third War: Will the Bombs Wait for the Ballot Box?
Read the full story: Trump and the Temptation of a Third War: Will the Bombs Wait for the Ballot Box?With Republicans facing electoral defeat, could Trump turn another war with Iran into a final political gamble, with Iranian lives as the stakes?
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From a Photograph to a Death Sentence: Iran’s Expanding Espionage Law
The case of 20-year-old twins Hassan and Hossein Amiri raises urgent questions about disputed evidence, coerced confessions and the widening reach of Iran’s espionage…
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Berlin’s Left Victory Exposes Divisions Within Germany’s Iranian Diaspora
As Germany’s far right gains ground, Die Linke’s Berlin victory exposes divisions among Iranian migrants over immigration, welfare, Palestine and the European right.
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“School Is Just an Extra Expense”: Four Students on Educational Inequality
Four students describe how family income shapes school supplies, access to teachers, exam preparation, career choices and whether education still feels worth pursuing.
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When Cultural Workers Get Behind the Wheel: A Field Report from Iran
As cultural work stops paying the bills, Iranian writers, translators, publishers and photographers are turning to ride-hailing work simply to keep their professions alive.
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Two January Protesters Executed as 33-Year-Old Woman Is Sentenced to Death
Iran executed two January 2026 protesters in Mashhad as Mahboubeh Shabani, 33, was moved to solitary confinement after receiving a death sentence for aiding…
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From Demanding Rights to Exercising Them: Four Years After Woman, Life, Freedom
Four years after Jina Amini’s death, women are no longer only demanding rights from the state. Increasingly, they are exercising them in everyday life.…
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