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Persona of Death: The Murder of Dariush Mehrjui and His Wife Seen Through Bergman
In his 100-second short film Cinema’s Blood, writer and filmmaker Ghazi Rabihavi draws inspiration from Ingmar Bergman’s Persona to frame the murder of Dariush…
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The Shadow of Civil War Over Iran
Amid fears of a renewed Israel-Iran conflict, another danger is quietly looming: the risk of Iran sliding into civil war. Such wars rarely erupt…
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“Woman, Life, Freedom”: Three Years On, A Movement That Endures
Three years on from the Jina uprising, the name Mahsa (Jina) Amini—the 21-year-old Kurdish woman killed by Iran’s morality police—has become inseparable from the…
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The 12-Day War Between Iran and Israel: A Region in Suspension
The heavy blows Iran endured during the 12-Day War have left many regional agendas unfinished. The security partnership between Riyadh and Washington, the Abraham…
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Babak Shahbazi: The Iranian Technician Facing a Death Sentence
Babak Shahbazi, born in 1981, is a father of two, with children aged 18 and 12. Prior to his arrest, he was a heating…
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Re-reading Bahmanyar, a prominent Tajik writer
A question often posed by non-Tajik readers and scholars is: Why read Bahmanyar? Some may even ask, who is Bahmanyar? Bahmanyar, a prominent Tajik…
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Condemned for Compassion: The Death Sentence of Rezgar Beigzadeh Babamiri
“My father has been condemned to death,” wrote Zhino Beigzadeh Babamiri, daughter of Kurdish-Iranian political prisoner Rezgar Beigzadeh Babamiri, in a post on X…
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A Collective Statement by Men Advocating for Gender and Sexual Equality: Let Us End This Silence and Complicity
A diverse group of men advocating for gender and sexual equality has issued a collective statement condemning the patriarchal and paternalistic system that has…
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The Light Carried Forward: Migration, Exile, Flight and Cinematic Creation
Table of Contents Foreword: Why This Essay? 1. Historical Introduction: Waves of Migration, Exile, and Flight of Iranian People 2. Definitions and Differences: Migration,…
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A Dutch Artist Inspired by Women, Life, and Freedom in Iran: An Interview with Rienke Enghardt
Rienke Enghardt is a Dutch visual artist known for her murals and community art. In 2022, she created a collection inspired by the Woman,…
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Afghan Migrants Speak Out: Legal Residents Expelled from Iran
Iranian police are reportedly arresting and deporting Afghan migrants, even those with legal residency permits. Several Afghan migrants who were recently detained by police…
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From Zahra Kodai to Iman Khalif: How Can We See the Bigger Picture?
Two years ago, Zahra Kodaei, the goalkeeper for Iran’s national women’s football team, was accused of being a man by Jordan without any evidence.…