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Dr. Naemat Ahmadi: The lack of identification for undocumented individuals is a major problem/ Siavash Khoramgah.

Some statistics indicate that approximately one million children who have an Iranian mother and non-Iranian father and were born in Iran, have been abandoned without birth certificates and other identity documents. As a result, they are deprived of many basic rights, including the right to education. Investors in Iran are currently not in the process […]...

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Created By: Siavash Khoramgah
October 30, 2015

Seyyed Mehdi Mousavi-Nejad: The proposal was rejected by creating a different belief in the minds of the representatives / Simin Rouzgar.

Conversation with Simin Rouzgar Members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, in a public session on Monday, the fifth of Mehr month, opposed the general outline of the bill to grant citizenship to children born to Iranian women and non-Iranian men with 84 votes against, 74 votes in favor, and 12 abstentions. This opposition took place […]...

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Created By: Simin Rouzgard
October 30, 2015

Life on the border/ Pouyan Makari

  Pouyan Makari On the date of October 5th of this year, representatives of the Iranian parliament opposed the general idea of granting citizenship to children of Iranian mothers with 84 votes against, 74 votes in favor, and 12 abstentions. The opposing representatives cited national, religious, racial, and border-related risks as the main reasons for […]...

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Created By: Pooyan Mokari
October 30, 2015

: Nader Wahabi: Political refugees tend to be marginalized / Morteza Hamounian:

Nader Vahabi, a graduate in Political Science and holds a Master’s and Doctorate degree in Political Sociology from the University of Nantes and the Faculty of Humanities in Paris. He defended his doctoral thesis on the collective memories of Iranian refugees in 2004, which was published in French by Armand Colin under the title “Sociology […]...

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September 29, 2015

The United Nations and the Turkish government’s lack of commitment towards refugees; in conversation with Sahand Azarturk/ Simin Rouzgar.

Conversation with Simin Rouzgar Sohand Azarturk is a successful graduate of the Faculty of Law in Ankara and a member of the Ankara Bar Association and the Central Bar Association (of all of Turkey). In addition to having previous experience working in the judiciary in Ankara as a specialist, he also worked for approximately 6 […]...

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Created By: Simin Rouzgard
September 29, 2015

Turkey; over three decades of exit corridor/ Ali Kalai

  Ali Kalai The story of asylum in Iran, from political asylum to social asylum, is a long and winding tale. It tells of the struggles of Iranians for a better life and escape from danger. From the era of minor tyranny and the exodus of some elites after the Constitutional Revolution of Iran, who […]...

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Created By: Ali Kalaei
September 29, 2015

Mohammad Reza Nikfar: There is still a solution / Simin Rouzgar

  Simin Rouzgar “Systems and individuals often use arguments such as the need to protect the security or interests of the people and society, to justify “exceptions” and resort to violence and torture, and at different times, they use various names such as “fighting terrorism” to justify their actions. With this definition, can torture be […]...

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Created By: Simin Rouzgard
August 28, 2015

The Psychology of Torturer; In Conversation with Monireh Baradaran/ Morteza Hamoonian.

We have heard and know about the torture of the eyes, but what about the torturers? To what extent are we familiar with the character and expertise of torturers in carrying out various forms of torture and violence? Stanley Milgram, a famous American psychologist, based on his well-known experiment, has proven that the ability to […]...

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August 28, 2015

Introduction to the Canadian Center for Victims of Torture; in conversation with Azat Masouli Nejad/ Siavash Khorramgah

This is not a complete sentence, so it cannot be accurately translated. Please provide the full Farsi text. Siavash Khoramgah The upcoming conversation with Dr. Azat Maslehnjad, policy analyst and researcher at the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (CCVT), regarding the introduction of this center and the effective factors in improving the critical conditions […]...

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Created By: Siavash Khoramgah
August 28, 2015

Mohammad Moghimi: The legal society is in shock / Simin Rouzgar

In this issue of the monthly magazine, we have had a conversation with Mohammad Moghimi, a first-class lawyer, about Article 48 of the new criminal procedure and its sub-clause. Mr. Moghimi, in a conversation about peace talks, while emphasizing the violation of one hundred percent independence of lawyers by this provision, said: “The right to […]...

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Created By: Simin Rouzgard
July 28, 2015