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Category: Labor
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Motorbike Couriers: Wounded Bodies, Worn-Down Minds
A field report from Iran follows Tehran’s motorbike couriers, who keep the city moving at the cost of crashes, exhaustion, sleeplessness and relentless pressure…
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Stories of Sex Workers in Iran: When the Body Becomes the Last Means of Survival
Economic crisis, unemployment, discrimination, and the absence of social support are pushing more people into sex work as a final means of survival. As…
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About $3 for a Day’s Labor in Iran: Less Than 250 Grams of Meat
With food inflation above 100 percent, workers’ wages no longer cover even the most basic items on the household table. Under the latest decision…
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A Field Report from Iran: The Housing Crisis After the War
The war has deepened Iran’s housing emergency: soaring rents, stalled construction, failed state schemes, and millions pushed into residential insecurity. In the fragile ceasefire…
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A Field Report from Iran: Nurses Who Carry Life in the Heart of Death
Hospitals become sites of care, exhaustion, repression, and resistance as nurses work through uprising, war, and economic collapse. “We were still in shock from…
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Below the Line of Survival: Sanctions as Warfare, Austerity as Policy
Before the bombs fell, millions in Iran were already being pushed below survival by sanctions, inflation, austerity, and collapsing wages. Before the U.S. and…
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Women First to Lose Jobs After the War: An Interview with Iranian Feminist and Sociologist Atefeh Rangriz
Rangriz explains how wartime layoffs and structural neglect push women out of work, deepening dependence, poverty, and domestic violence. The Iranian Labour News Agency…
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War and Inflation Push Many Women in Iran Out of Work
As demand for services collapses after the war, many working women in Iran have lost their jobs or face unemployment. With declining demand for…
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When War Destroys Workers’ Jobs and Leaves Them Unemployed
War and prolonged internet blackouts wiped out jobs across Iran, from gig work to industry, with women in informal and small-business employment hit hardest.…
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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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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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Rial Crash to Campus Revolt: Iran’s Protests Spread from Tehran’s Markets Nationwide
A post-war currency shock sparked bazaar shutdowns in Tehran, then spread through cities and universities, becoming a broader confrontation over inequality, repression, and life.…