The neighborhood of Islamabad, known locally as “Kohan Galaman”, is located on the outskirts of the city of Khash. It is the center for buying and selling drugs in this county and is a reflection of the state of cities in Sistan and Baluchestan province. In December 2013, Hossein Ali Shahriari, the representative of Zahedan’s […]...

What do Kurds, Balochs, Arabs, or other Sunni peoples say and want? Do they demand more rights than other religions? Are they willing to ignore their Iranian identity or do they beat the drums of separation? In short, are they a threat to national security? Of course, the answer to all of the above questions […]...

Iran is a land of “unpunished crimes” and “service with disregard”. In deprived areas, however, these two characteristics are even more pronounced. In Kurdistan, Baluchistan, and other regions, there are numerous examples and instances of these tragic issues. Minority areas (ethnic and religious minorities, such as Kurds, Baloch, Arabs, Sunnis, etc.) are usually under double […]...

Throughout human history, there have been three discourses regarding children and their rights: a discourse that does not recognize any rights for children, a discourse that defines children as vulnerable beings in need of protection through welfare rights, and a discourse that accepts children as almost independent individuals who should have rights similar to adults. […]...

The purpose of this note is to emphasize the point that applied research with the aim of evaluating government policies for “preserving national security” in the face of the presence of ethnic groups (including the Baloch) must necessarily consider the role of legal structures (such as the constitution) and also examine how laws are implemented […]...

At the fourth Minority Forum at the United Nations in November 2011 in Geneva, which was dedicated to the situation of women and how to improve it, reports showed that in countries where discrimination exists for certain groups of people based on language, religion, or social status, women belonging to these discriminated and oppressed communities […]...

More than half of the population of Sistan and Baluchestan province lives in the villages of this province and the lack of drinking water in rural areas of Sistan and Baluchestan has been a problem for years, especially in the summer season and due to the negligence of officials, it has become one of the […]...

Although the distance of 1700 kilometers between Sistan and Baluchestan may seem far from the center, it is likely that the perspective of the “centralists” distorts the reality of life for the people of this region and reduces the 1700 to a meaningless number. The center of residents who, with the capture of their soldiers […]...

Hamidreza Kafash, the deputy of educational and cultural affairs at the Ministry of Education, seems to have distanced himself from the official policy of concealing and denying the sexual harassment of students by senior managers of this ministry. In an interview with ISNA (July 10, 2014), Kafash, with some ifs and buts, announced the design […]...

A country where contraception methods are illegal is a country that is an enemy of women. The Iranian parliament has passed a law that considers abortion, sterilization, and any permanent contraception methods such as vasectomy as a crime. This fundamental move is designed to combat the significant population growth in the country, with long-term prisons […]...

One of the important topics discussed in the political and criminal law arena in Iran is the issue of crimes and problems of political criminals, which has always been a topic of discussion since before the revolution and the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This concern is prominently seen during the drafting of […]...

Gandhi says that what will lead us to destruction is as follows: “Politics without principles, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, and commerce without morality.” It may not be a bad idea to briefly mention some relevant and valid definitions of politics and exercise of collective power in the political-governmental form and political legitimacy to […]...