Sports stadiums, the forbidden city for Iranian women / Samuel Bakhtiyari

The issue of women’s presence in stadiums has become a complicated problem; some consider the “inappropriate atmosphere” of stadiums as the reason for women’s absence, while others believe that women, like men, have the right to attend. On the other hand, a security perspective is also emerging on this issue. Recently, in an effort to […]...

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The approach of Ayatollah Montazeri and Ayatollah Khomeini towards human rights / Mojtaba Vahedi

It is appropriate to evaluate individuals’ perspectives on a subject in different profiles and time frames. Regarding Ayatollah Montazeri’s views, there are significant differences between the time of drafting the constitution, when he was the deputy leader, and the time when his positions led to his dismissal from the deputy leadership, until the last days […]...

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The level of censorship in Iran from the 28th of August coup until now / Reza Najafi

According to the report by “Reporters Without Borders”, Iran has the worst censorship situation in the world, after three countries: Turkmenistan, North Korea, and Eritrea. This censorship takes place in various forms such as newspapers, films, online space, television and satellite networks, and books. This report briefly looks at the censorship of books and newspapers […]...

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The Pain of Democracy in Iran / Reza Alijani

Comparison of Civil Society in Iran before and after the Revolution The study of revolution and events of the new government is mostly pursued in a sociological and scientific manner, given the intensity of political pressures after the revolution and the treatment of opponents and critics, as well as the volume of executions. A general […]...

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Human rights, foreigners among Iranian rulers / Samuel Bakhtiyari

Paying attention to human rights in Iran by international institutions has always been a challenge due to the policies and regimes governing the country. The political leaders of Iran, with a feudalistic view towards the Iranian people, consider any critical perspective on human rights as interference in their internal affairs. The Universal Declaration of Human […]...

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The 1957 Revolution, intellectuals and the sorrowful neighborhood/ Mohammad Habibi

First image: A young girl with a gun in her hands, with proud eyes and a determined look, while the cold winter wind caresses her disheveled hair, on top of a tank in Tehran during the days leading up to the February 1979 revolution. It is a symbolic image of a revolution whose representatives were […]...

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Shah, Human Rights, and the February 1979 Revolution by Morteza Kazemian.

In explaining the effective political changes during the rise of the social movement and the occurrence and victory of the 1957 revolution, one cannot ignore the events that took place in the mid-1950s inside Iran and in the international arena, particularly in the issue of “human rights”. The violent behavior of the authoritarian Shah regime […]...

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The gradual death of Khuzestan and its citizens/ Hesam Behrani

The natural level of suspended particles in the air is about 150 micrograms per cubic meter. However, in recent days and weeks, the province of Khuzestan has experienced a 70-fold increase in the permissible limit of dust and pollution, reaching a critical situation. Shahriar Askari, the Public Relations Manager of the Environmental Protection Agency of […]...

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Publication of the annual report on the human rights situation in Iran

The group of human rights activists in Iran, with the efforts of the Statistics, Publication, and Works Institution, has published its annual report on the state of human rights in Iran for the one-year period (2015-2014). This report is the result of the daily efforts of this organization in the recent years, as part of […]...

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Freedom of speech and media with borders or without borders? / Delbar Tavakoli

Two brothers who attacked the office of the magazine “Charlie Hebdo” in Paris on the morning of January 7, 2015 and targeted the cartoonists present in the office with bullets, perhaps only intended to seek revenge from the cartoonists of the Prophet of Islam. But in a way, they targeted the principle of freedom of […]...

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