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Category: Opinion
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The Tragedy of Self-Immolation Among Street Vendors in Iran
Ahmad Baledi, a young Ahvazi Arab student, self-immolated after municipal agents violently demolished his family’s kiosk, igniting public outrage, repression, and renewed attention to…
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Gross Human Rights Violations at the Andirgan Gold Mine: Direct Fire on Protesters
Andirgan is not an isolated episode; it exposes the Islamic Republic’s structural securitization of social, economic, and environmental demands—especially intensified in ethnic regions like…
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Opinion: The West Still Misreads Iran’s Soul
When the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council issued a joint statement on October 6, demanding that Iran end its “occupation” of three…
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Teaching Through Repression: How Iran’s Educators Kept the Movement Alive Over the Past Year
Amid intensified crackdowns, Iran’s teachers sustained nationwide organizing, faced mass dismissals and arrests, built cross-movement solidarity, and demanded an end to securitized schooling, recognition…
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Lake Urmia’s Death: The Fall of Iran’s Azure Jewel
Once the azure jewel of Iran, Lake Urmia has officially collapsed into a salt desert. Decades of mismanagement, damming, and climate change have turned…
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Three years of ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’: A turning point for queer visibility in Iran
Three years after the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, its echoes are still reshaping Iranian politics and identity. For queer Iranians, it was the first…
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Water for Towers or for People? How Politics Fuels Tehran’s Water Crisis
Behind Tehran’s official denial of water shortages lies a stark inequality: construction continues, benefiting luxury developments while poorer neighborhoods are left with dry taps…
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Water Debt and Scarcity: The Political Economy of Iran’s Farm Crisis
Iran’s farms are running on water they no longer have. Official statistics paint a picture of growth, but in wheat fields and fruit-producing regions…
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The Palestinian People are Victims of Netanyahu and Khamenei
Mehran Mostafavi discusses the suffering of the Palestinian people, pointing out how both the Israeli and Iranian regimes contribute to their struggles. He argues…
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Joseph Daher: “Iran will not Attack Israel Directly”
Joseph Daher believes Iran won’t directly attack Israel, but aims to assert deterrence while avoiding being dragged into a regional war that could threaten…
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Opinion: Between Equal Rights, Force Decides
Even if the enforcement of ICJ decisions ultimately depend on the currently existing political will (or lack thereof) within the UN Security Council, “decisions…
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Warning: The Beginning of a New Chapter of Islamist Terrorism in Iran
These days in Iran, terrorism under the pretext of religion has taken new form in the regime’s latest attempt to poison schoolgirls. The violent…