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Lessons from Rwanda; Why Journalism Matters
Today on World Press Freedom Day 2019, the challenges that independent press and journalism face seem far removed from the atrocities that once occurred…
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Workers’ Movement: Iranian Labor Activists have Hope despite Suppression
Last year, workers in Iran organized several outstanding protests and strikes. Major examples include nationwide teachers’ strikes, as well as local protests by Haft-Tappeh…
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Persecution of the Baha’is in Yemen: Hamed bin Haydara’s Death Sentence
Concerns over the situation of the followers of the Baha’i faith in Yemen are growing. A number of Baha’is have been accused of espionage…
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Fatemiyoun’s Future Home: Syria, Iran or Afghanistan?
The United States has designated Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organization. The IRGC is a wing of the military and…
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“Fighting Against Forced Hijab Doesn’t Have any Borders” – In Conversation with Yasmine Mohammed
Yasmine Mohammed is an Arab-Canadian human rights activist, college instructor and writer. Yasmine was raised in a fundamentalist Sunni Muslim family in Canada. At…
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Climate Change and Flood in Iran: An Interview with Professor Eddy Moors
Only a few days after the Iranian New Year (Nowruz) heavy rainfall caused flash floods across Iran, affecting 25 out of 31 provinces of…
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The new Minimum Wage and Iranian Workers Living under the Poverty Line
The new national minimum wage in Iran is set at a cutoff that cannot provide Iranian workers and their families with a decent standard…
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Haft Tappeh Workers Want Payment of Their Overdue Wages
The workers of Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Complex continue their protests, demanding payment of their overdue wages and health insurance benefit. The employer of Haft…
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Unprecedented Floods in Iran Kill at least 18 in Shiraz
“At least 25 people were killed in the recent flash floods in Iran.” Ahmad Shojai, Iran’s chief state coroner announced. According to Shojai, 18…
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A Mother in an Iranian Jail: The Latest Dispute between the UK and Iran
Iran has rejected the recent announcement by the UK government to grant British diplomatic protection to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is in jail in Iran.…
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Oil, a Coup d’Etat and the Enduring Legacy of Mohammad Mosaddeq
“Mosaddeq occupies a special place in the Iranian collective memory: he is widely regarded as a man of integrity and courage, a statesman who…
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Connecting to the Field: the Case of the Girl with the Blue Hair
Access to the field is vital to make change possible. It is people like Sepideh Gholian that are connecting us, the media, to the…