A brief look at honor killings: The law that authorizes murder / Abolfazl Alizadeh

“Honour killings”; in recent years, we have heard this phrase repeatedly and each time our souls and beings have been pained, and each time we have written whatever we could, but unfortunately, there has been a lack of attention and effective and noticeable action. In recent years, we have heard many times that Iranian girls […]...

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The right to benefit from a lawyer in international laws compared to laws in Iran / Ehsan Haghani

One of the most fundamental rights emphasized in human rights rules and standards is the right to access to fair trial, and one of the essential indicators necessary for achieving fair trial is the right to access to a lawyer in the process of trial. In other words, access to a lawyer is considered one […]...

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“Manifestation of Protest and Revolution / Behzad Kambouzia”

An overview of the visual works arising from the movement of “Women, Life, Freedom”. In recent weeks, the intensity and severity of events and important developments have been so high that it has likely changed the meaning of time for many of us. It is as if imagining the situation in Iran before the murder […]...

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From the enlightenment movement to women, life, freedom / Reza Najafi

A few notes about protest literature in Iran. When discussing “protest literature,” some may think that our understanding of this concept is synonymous or closely related to “commitment in literature” or, in another reading, “committed literature”; an understanding that itself has a “leftist” color and smell. Although “leftist literature” is also an example of this […]...

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The story testifies / Alireza Ismailzadeh

Literature has recorded the first execution to the last massacre. You must have heard this sentence many times: “Their work is finished.” From the mouth of a taxi driver, a working woman, a daily wage laborer, or a student who has confidently set a deadline: “They won’t see the end of 1401,” “Next year in […]...

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A Note on Protest Art These Days/ Behzad Asadi

If we consider art and artists as a part of society (and not as individuals living in a vacuum), then it can be said that the protest against all forms and types, including art, from the perspective of Karl Marx’s theory begins; against the “art for art’s sake” period of bourgeoisie, who wanted art without […]...

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Music for Revolution/ Purifying

An exploration of Iranian revolutionary songs; from the blood of the youth of the homeland to the anthem of women. An announcement, no matter how good it is, will never be read more than once; but a song, learned by heart, is repeated over and over again. These are some of the words of Joe […]...

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“Women, Life, Freedom” and the companionship of free artists in Iran and the world / Morteza Hamounian

The seasons of protest and movement among the people have always been accompanied by the support of artists and those with a sense of taste and eloquence; those who have used the tools of art to speak for the people and shed light on their problems, and be their voice. This season has once again […]...

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For the freedom of the 1990s/ Chemical gift

“Meeting ‘Salam Farmandeh’ and ‘For…’ Shervin Hajipour” For over forty years, schools in Iran have turned into prisons and students are reprimanded for their rights to freedom. These days, we see many images of schools in the country where students are singing the song “For…” by Shervin Haji Pour in schools or on the streets, […]...

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“Art is our cry of protest/ Mina Youth”

The last word of protest is when it takes shape, it becomes present in all aspects of life. In the sound of the streets, the faces of passersby, television images, late-night movies, best-selling book lists, quiet restaurants, slogans from behind windows, and of course in art. If we want to talk about the starting point […]...

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