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Hossein Raeisi: The traditional legal system in Iran is the breeding ground for domestic violence/ Siavash Khorramgah.

Conversation with Siavash Khoramgah Hossein Raeisi, has graduated from Shiraz and Tehran universities in the fields of judicial law and criminal law, and is currently a human rights professor at the University of Ottawa in Canada. Mr. Raeisi, who has more than twenty years of experience as a lawyer, has a special focus on certain […]...

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Created By: Siavash Khoramgah
May 24, 2016

“Circumcision of boys; a health procedure or child abuse?; In conversation with Mahmoud Amiri Moghadam / Simin Rouzgar”

Conversation with Simin Rouzgar Almost all men in Iran are circumcised during infancy or childhood. The commotion of young boys before undergoing this surgical procedure, their discomfort after the operation, and the celebrations and parties of “Khatneh Suran” which are sometimes accompanied by grandeur and extravagance, are familiar and common images. But why do men, […]...

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Created By: Simin Rouzgard
May 24, 2016

Public trust in Iranian society; in conversation with Noushin Sabeti, psychologist/ Mani Tehrani

  Conversation with Mani Tehrani “Our trust in others stems from our self-confidence” or “Trust in others is a sign of our culture”; these are familiar phrases. However, news and reports show that we actually know them as mere words, like the wind in a Persian proverb. Instead, to build more trust, we pay attention […]...

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May 24, 2016

Saleh Nikbakht: Iran reconciles with Iraq over the rights of chemical victims / Simin Rouzgar

  Simin Rouzgar Mohammad Saleh Nikbakht, a well-known Iranian lawyer, has a long track record in the field of human rights. He has also taken on the representation of a large number of victims of chemical bombings in Iran. Mr. Nikbakht has played a significant role in the formation of the “Association for the Defense […]...

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Created By: Simin Rouzgard
April 28, 2016

Non-combatant border residents; in conversation with the head of the Association for the Defense of Chemical Injured Rights in Sardasht / Behzad Haghighi.

Rahim Vahedi is the president of the Association for the Defense of Chemical Victims’ Rights in Sardasht, which has been operating as a non-profit organization in this city since 1380 (2001). 11 members of Mr. Vahedi’s family lost their lives in the chemical bombing of Sardasht by Iraq, and even after 29 years, when he […]...

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Created By: Bahzad Haghighi
April 28, 2016

Afternoon in Bouinak; in conversation with one of the victims of the chemical bombing of Sardasht/ Siavash Khoramgah.

  Siyavash Khoramgah During the 8 years of the Iran-Iraq war, widespread atrocities and violence occurred, with the bombing of Sardasht being a prime example of these horrors; especially since most of the victims were civilians and their suffering is not limited to that period alone. Khadar Sadegh is one of the residents of Sardasht […]...

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Created By: Siavash Khoramgah
April 28, 2016

: Saeed Dehghan: Refugees are not greedy/ Mani TehraniSaeed Dehghan: Refugees are not greedy/ Mani Tehrani

  Mani Tehranian Their number is estimated to be between fifty thousand to two hundred thousand people who are living in inhumane conditions in camps in Greece, Macedonia, Czech Republic, and others. As a result, there is no accurate information about the severity of their situation. According to reports, problems such as lack of bathrooms, […]...

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April 28, 2016

Does the dream of unlimited and free access to information come true?; A conversation with Mehdi Yahyanejad, the director of the Toseh project/ Siavash Khoramgah

The “Toushe” project, which has recently been launched, has provided users with the ability to receive and transfer video, text, and other digital content mostly available on the internet through a satellite channel of the same name to their computers. This method of sending and receiving information has been launched for the first time in […]...

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Created By: Siavash Khoramgah
April 4, 2016

Behnam Ahmadi Amoui: Approximately two million people make a living through street vending / Simin Rouzgar

Behman Ahmadi Amoui, an economics graduate, journalist, and former political prisoner. Mr. Amoui has a background of working with newspapers such as Jame’e, Sobh Emrooz, Tous, Norouz, Shargh, and Sarmayeh, and has published books such as “Political Economy of the Islamic Republic” and “How the Men of the Islamic Republic Became Technocrats”. Behnam Ahmadi Amoui […]...

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Created By: Simin Rouzgard
April 4, 2016

Shadi Sadr: A group of motivated and committed activists.

Shadi Sadr is a lawyer, founder, and one of the directors of the Justice Organization for Iran. Ms. Sadr, who works as an active legal advocate and is a member of the Volunteer Lawyers Network, has received at least 6 prestigious awards for her human rights activities. On the tenth anniversary of the establishment of […]...

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March 10, 2016