Negotiations for setting minimum wages and reasons for workers’ failure / Ali Ajami

In the last days of the past year, after negotiations between mostly government-affiliated labor unions and representatives of employers with the presence of government representatives, the minimum wage for the year 1394 was determined to be 712,000 tomans, which had a 17% increase compared to the minimum wage in the previous year. The basis for […]...

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Unfulfilled promises of officials and treatment of Ali Chraghi/Samuel Bakhtiari’s son.

Many of us have witnessed numerous instances of harsh treatment by municipal officials towards street vendors and peddlers in city areas. We have heard many times from people saying things like “I, who did not close the way”, “If I had a job, I wouldn’t do this”, “I am unemployed, is it okay to steal?”, […]...

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یTeachers; From Silence to Protest/ Ali Pour Soleymani

As we approach Teacher’s Week 2015, we are slowly entering the second year of the government of prudence and hope. President Rouhani, at the beginning of his term, considering the knowledge he had of the cultural community, teachers, and their demands, as well as the cultural mindset of educators towards the academic and managerial qualifications […]...

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Unbalanced Development in Political Systems: Alireza Sarbazi

According to Samuel Huntington, the creator and discoverer of the theory of clash of civilizations, revolution is a phenomenon specific to societies on the path of economic modernization, which are unevenly interacting with the development of underdeveloped political institutions. In other words, the expectation of revolution only exists in societies that, despite experiencing economic and […]...

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Unemployment and lack of a specific plan and strategy to address it / Khaled Tavakoli

Unemployment is one of the most important economic damages that not only has economic consequences, but also has numerous political and cultural repercussions. For this reason, it has always been one of the main concerns and demands of the people in all countries and societies, and has been a responsibility and priority for government officials. […]...

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Rent economy due to smugglers/ Ammar Goli

Over the past years, at least once a day, group media have been whispering a sentence in our ears: “A kolbar was killed at the border.” The phenomenon of kolbari cannot exist without prerequisites and backgrounds such as an imbalanced economy and security approaches. The lack of investment and suitable job opportunities leaves no choice […]...

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Victims of lack of development or policies of suppression and imposition of poverty?/ Witness Alavi

The bitter narrative of Kurdish porters is a story full of pain, suffering, and blood. It is the story of Kurds who are not citizens, Kurds living in the western and northwestern border areas of Iran who carry goods on their backs or on horses or tractors to make a living, even if they don’t […]...

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Significant differences in meaning on both sides of the Gulf of Guatir/ Mohammad Mohabi

A reflection on the hardships of the Sistan and Baluchestan province. The Gulf of Gwadar is a relatively small gulf in the Arabian Sea, located in the southeastern part of Iran and southwestern part of Pakistan. Half of the gulf is in Iran and the other half is in Pakistan. Due to its proximity to […]...

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ودیThe Afghan woman in armor is under attack and threat / Niloufar Langroudi

Excessive sensitivity among men in closed societies like Afghanistan towards women, which is usually caused by a type of sexual inferiority complex, causes great headaches for women. Women’s movement on city streets is severely problematic due to sexual harassment by men. Fear of street harassment, ranging from simple insults to vulgarities, and from catcalling to […]...

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On December 10th, a step towards unionization/Mohammad Habibi.

In 2014, for the New Teachers’ Movement, was the year of breaking the silence after almost eight years of recession and inactivity, and the beginning of civil protests. We were still in the early months of the new year when a flood of letters from teachers addressed to government officials and parliament members was published […]...

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