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About 1,500 death-row inmates in Ghezel Hesar Prison launched a hunger strike against mass executions, declaring: “Our patience has run...

Khajeh Nasir students staged a rally against securitization and welfare cuts, demanding restored shuttles, affordable meals, better dorms, and an...

Strikes shuttered markets across eastern Sistan and Balochistan as residents protested border closures and a fuel-carrying crackdown. At least 18...

Political prisoner Somayeh Rashidi, 42, died in Qarchak Prison after months of denied medical care. Her death highlights systemic neglect...

As Iranian classrooms reopen for a new school year, tens of thousands of Afghan children are missing—barred by new regulations,...

On July 16, 2025, Iran approved a new bylaw creating a tiered internet system, granting unrestricted access to select users...

A question often posed by non-Tajik readers and scholars is: Why read Bahmanyar? Some may even ask, who is Bahmanyar?...

Mohammad Rasoulof’s *The Seed of Sacred Fig* is a feminist exploration of the Jina Mahsa Revolution, challenging male-dominated narratives of...

In Lethal Dissent, journalist Fariba Nawa reveals the dangers Iranian dissidents face in Turkey after the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom...

Mehran Mostafavi discusses the suffering of the Palestinian people, pointing out how both the Israeli and Iranian regimes contribute to...