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Iranian Intellectuals Analyze/Oppose Iran’s Role in Syria
Editorial note from Frieda Afary On October 30, 2015 when the U.S., Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran and several other nations held a…
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Iran’s environmental needs dwarf actual budget allotment
The budget for Iran’s Department of the Environment is no match for its expenses and its many concerns: numerous international promises, the growing water…
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Iranian family’s plight in Czech “camp” shines light on refugee incarceration
Ali Asghar Faridi, an independent Iranian journalist who had been held with his family in a refugee camp in the Czech Republic, was issued…
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Iran’s surprising currency drop casts suspicion on government
Hamid Mafi The Iranian currency market is in shock with the value of the national currency once again falling against foreign currencies and the…
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Desperate Syrian migrants seek Europe, meet tragedy
The tragic deaths of migrants fleeing by boat from Syria continue to make headlines every day. On Wednesday September 2, more migrants were reportedly…
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Cheetah Conservation Day aims to protect species in Iran
It is now half a century since the habitat of the Asiatic Cheetah has been reduced to the Iranian plains. Outside of Africa, the…
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Bombing Qandil, Barzani’s Statement and the Predicaments of Erbil and Ankara
Ali Asghar Faridi Following the Turkish bombing of PKK positions in the Qandil mountains, the village of Zargeli, located in those same mountains, was…
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Activist Nargress Mohammadi decries plight of mothers in prison
Nargess Mohammadi, the prominent Iranian human rights defender and deputy director of the Human Rights Defenders Centre who has been in prison for over…
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Saman Nasim, believed executed, still alive
At 3:00 PM on Saturday, Saman Nasim, the Iranian-Kurdish prisoner who was believed to have been executed in late February, called his family to…
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Dress Code Troubles of Female Diplomats in Iran
By: Naimeh Doostar “Trampling all over diplomatic etiquette”, “complete disregard for hijab laws in Iran” and “ridiculing human and Islamic values” are some of…
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Evin Memorial Campaign
On Monday May 11, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the former Tehran police chief and current mayor of Tehran, made statements about the need for green…
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Young man could soon be executed in strange crime case
The Human Rights Organization of Iran reports that a young man who was charged with stabbing a member of the Basij may be in…