This September, twenty years have passed since the launch of the “One Million Signatures Campaign to Change Discriminatory Laws,” a rare experience in Iran’s women’s movement that took shape in 2006 (1385), following years of collective discussion and joint activity among various women’s groups. The campaign sought to take the demand for changing unequal laws […]...

The One Million Signatures Campaign can be regarded as one of the most important and influential experiences of women’s civil activism in contemporary Iran—an experience that emerged from legal demands, entered the public sphere, faced repression, and, despite the cessation of its activities, played a significant role in changing attitudes and expanding women’s demands. What […]...

The One Million Signatures Campaign to Change Discriminatory Laws was one of the important and influential experiences of the Iranian women’s movement in the 2000s; a campaign launched in September 2006 (Shahrivar 1385) with the aim of changing unequal laws against women, whose activities were based on direct dialogue with people, legal education, and a […]...

On the twentieth anniversary of the formation of the “One Million Signatures Campaign to Change Discriminatory Laws,” revisiting this experience has once again taken on particular importance. Launched in September 2006 (Shahrivar 1385) with the aim of reforming laws that discriminated against women, the campaign did not limit its activities to collecting signatures. Through direct […]...

Following the subsiding of direct clashes between Iran and the United States and Israel, and while Iran continues to remain in a state of “neither war nor peace,” the intensification of business closures, pressure on cafés and social spaces, and actions against activists and social media pages have raised serious questions about the relationship between […]...

In contemporary Iranian society, urban spaces have become not only the setting of everyday life, but also arenas for redefining identities, values, and social relations. Among these, cafés, as one of the most important intermediate public-private spaces, play a dual role: on the one hand, they are places where young people gather, converse, and spend […]...

Ali Najafi Tavana was born in 1953 in the Alamut region of Qazvin. He completed his primary education in Tonekabon and completed his secondary education at Hafeziyeh High School in the same city. In 1972, he entered the Faculty of Law of the University of Tehran and in 1975, he obtained a Bachelor of Laws […]...

Reports over the years have revealed that some women prisoners are denied medical treatment and other legal rights. The continued publication of these reports highlights the gap between prison regulations and their practice, raising the question of to what extent human rights standards, including the Bangkok Rules, are being observed in Iran, and whether the […]...

Dual-use infrastructure refers to a set of physical, networked, systemic, and technological assets that are originally designed and operated for civilian and peaceful purposes, such as transportation, energy, communications, or industrial production; but because of their strategic nature, broad coverage, high capacity, or embedded technical capabilities, they can also be used in conditions of crisis, […]...

In recent years, digital technologies, the internet, and AI-based tools have played an important role in increasing independence and accessibility for persons with disabilities. For many of these individuals, screen readers, navigation apps, online services, social networks, and smart tools are not merely conveniences, but essential tools for work, education, communication, and even carrying out […]...