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How Has Iran’s Drug Market Changed? From Street-Level Dealing to Mobile Drug-Use Spaces
Read the full story: How Has Iran’s Drug Market Changed? From Street-Level Dealing to Mobile Drug-Use SpacesA field report examines Iran’s changing drug market, from street-level dealing to mobile consumption spaces, amid rising prices, widespread availability and growing social hardship.
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Sanctions Do Not Topple Governments; They Wear Down Societies
Sanctions rarely overthrow governments on their own. Instead, they impoverish ordinary people, shrink the middle class, erode social trust and turn everyday life into…
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The Road to Beijing Runs Through Tehran
Washington wants to pivot towards China, but Middle Eastern energy, Gulf capital and Iran’s regional power make disengagement far more difficult than US policymakers…
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Poverty in Four Instalments: A Note on SnappPay and Poverty Monetization
In Iran, instalment credit offers short-term relief to cash-strapped consumers, but SnappPay’s merchant commissions raise questions about how platforms may profit from—and potentially deepen—widespread…
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The Femicide of Maryam Yarmohammadi: Domestic Violence and the Need for Independent Protection
The killing of Maryam Yarmohammadi, allegedly by her brother, raises questions about family control, honour-based violence and the urgent need to protect women at…
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What Do We Know About the Escalating Armed Clashes in Balochistan?
From Saravan to Taftan, intensifying clashes raise questions about emerging armed alliances, reported Fatemiyoun deployments and the consequences of Iran’s wider war for Baloch…
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Protecting Nature with Bare Hands
More than 1,000 environmental NGOs operate in Iran. Three activists describe how security pressures, government obstruction and a lack of funding undermine their efforts…
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