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Violations of Baha’i Rights are a Systematic Policy in Iran
The Islamic Republic of Iran not only does not recognize Baha’is as a religious minority group but it does not leave the Baha’i community…
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Remember the dead candle: Mirza Jahangir Khan Sur-e Esrafil
It was a Wednesday and the beginning of the summer of 1908. A 34-year-old journalist was dragged in chains to the “King’s Garden” in…
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A British Couple go on Hunger Strike to object 1000 days of Imprisonment of the Wife in Iran
Richard Ratcliffe has started a hunger strike outside the Iranian Embassy in London in solidarity with his striking wife, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has spent…
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Green, Black and Red: The Story of a Failed Movement
The tenth Iranian presidential election in 2009 was different from previous elections. Four candidates were competing: incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, conservative Mohsen Rezaei, reformist…
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Zamaneh Panelists: “No to War, No to the Iranian Regime!”
The majority of Zamaneh Media Panelists, who mostly live in Iran, think that the way to get out of the current diplomatic crisis is…
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A Clown, Not “The Perfect Woman” – Performance Art and Feminism in Conversation with Neslihan Arol
Born in Istanbul, Neslihan Arol completed Film and Drama Master’s Programme at Kadir Has University in Istanbul with practice-based research on clowning from a…
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Protest Continues against the Detainment of Iranian Labor Activists and Journalists
International and Iranian organizations express concerns over the arrest of several labor rights activists in Iran including two journalists who were arrested on May…
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A Qutb under House Arrest in Seventh Golestan
Fifteen Gonabadi Dervishes who are political prisoners in Iran have gone on strike inside the prison to object to prison conditions. The Gonabadi Dervishes…
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Ten Years in Prison for “Cultural Spying”; Iran Hands a Student her Sentence
Iran has sentenced an Iranian student to ten years in prison accusing her of spying for Britain. A Judiciary spokesperson in Iran announced that…
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Rejoining the Iran Nuclear Deal Is Wiser than Destroying It – A European Joint Call Told the US
More than 20 high-ranking members of European institutions and think-tanks issued a joint call on the United States to reconsider its approach to the…
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Zamaneh Media Launches Opinion Panel for Iran
Starting today, World Press Freedom Day, Persian speakers can sign up to become Zamaneh Opinion Panelists. Panelists are in a unique position to contribute to…
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“Press Freedom Is in Decline in Iran, Rest of World” – Head of RFS’s Iran/Afghanistan Desk
World Press Freedom Day arrives on May 3 in a time when journalists are under pressure throughout the world. Iran is also among one…