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Category: Human Rights
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Two Pictures of Iran’s Internet: From “Gradual Reopening” at Home to a “47-Day Shutdown”
Domestic reports speak of limited reopening and privileged access, while most Iranians remain cut off after more than six weeks. Domestic media outlets such…
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A War Not Only Against Iran, but Against Its Historical Memory
Historian Touraj Daryaee argues that the destruction of Iran’s cultural heritage is not mere collateral damage, but part of a broader strategy to weaken…
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The Islamic Republic’s Ongoing War on Kurdish Camps: Why Do These Attacks Not Stop?
Despite a 40-day war and a ceasefire between Iran, the United States, and Israel, Iranian drone attacks on Kurdish parties in Iraqi Kurdistan continue.…
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An Atomic Bomb Against Iran: The Next Logical Step for the Supporters of War?
When regime change is defended “at any cost,” moral boundaries collapse, violence is normalized, and human lives are turned into expendable political costs. Many…
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Thirteen Political Prisoners Executed in Forty Days of War, More Face Death Sentences
At least fourteen political prisoners were executed amid war and securitization, while more protesters—from Bukan to Mashhad—remain under sentence of death or at imminent…
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Under the Cover of War, Iran’s Execution Machine Targets Political Prisoners
As war escalates, Iran is using secrecy, speed, and fear to intensify executions of political prisoners and January uprising detainees. As the war by…
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Israel’s Attack on South Pars: Three Voices on Gas Infrastructure, Workers’ Lives, and War
Three experts reflect on the strike on Asaluyeh, warning of deepening hardship for workers, economic disruption, and a widening regional crisis. Following Israel’s attack…
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Under Bombs and Checkpoints: A Voice from Tehran on War, Survival, and a Struggle Made Harder
A woman in Tehran describes fear, displacement, checkpoints, collapsing livelihoods, and a war that has tightened repression instead of opening any path for resistance.…
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Decapitation Strike, Mass Retaliation, Regional Spillover: Khamenei and Top Commanders Killed as War Spreads
Strikes reportedly hit Tehran’s leadership compound and military sites nationwide; Iran answered with rapid missile waves as explosions, interceptions, and base alerts spread across…
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Iran After the January Uprising: Grief, War Anxiety, and the Battle for a Post–Islamic Republic Future
After January’s massacre, mourning and war panic mingle with intensifying silencing and diaspora disputes, as Iranians argue over how to resist—and what comes after…
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Back to Campus, Back to Protest: A New Student Wave After the January Uprising
As campuses reopened, students launched sit-ins, memorial assemblies, and anti-regime chants—met by Basij-led disruption, arrests, mass summons, and a rapid push to move classes…
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Reza Pahlavi’s Emergency Blueprint: A Transition Plan—or a Survival Manual for the Islamic Republic’s Power Networks?
A critique of Reza Pahlavi’s emergency blueprint warns that prioritizing technocratic stability and integrating former IRGC specialists could reproduce old power networks and derail…