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November 6, 2024

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Workers Who Stayed, Worked, and Died/ Fereshteh Goli

Who could have known that day, and its sunset, would be the last for 52 workers at the Tabas coal mine? Who could have predicted that an explosion would turn the Tabas mine disaster into one of the deadliest mining accidents in Iranian history? You might say no one, but many lived in fear of […]...

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Created By: Fereshteh Goli
October 22, 2024

Strikes and Organizing; The Lost Fortresses of Workers / Mustafa Ahmadian

Nearly a century has passed since the fourteen-day nationwide strike of printing workers and the prolonged strike of oil industry workers in Abadan between 1300 and 1404 (1921-1925). These were the first genuine and official strikes in the labor movement in Iran. Subsequently, between 1304 and 1320 (1925-1941), widespread strikes occurred, which faced the harshest […]...

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Created By: Mustafa Ahmadian
October 22, 2024

The Tabas Mine Resumes Operations Without Changes/ Morteza Hamounian

In 2010, the San Jose mine in Chile collapsed. Thirty-three miners were trapped 700 meters underground and five kilometers from the main entrance. As in most mining accidents around the world, the employer’s failure to reinforce the mine’s ceiling was the main cause. Rescue teams arrived on site from the early hours. Alongside the miners’ […]...

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Created By: Morteza Hamounian
October 22, 2024

“Tabas” in a Grief That Went Unseen/ Hormoz Sharifian

It seems that the painful events stemming from inefficiency, lack of modernization, negligence, and irresponsibility will not release the long-suffering people of Iran from their grip. It feels like we are condemned to witness devastating disasters every few years, events that inflict deep wounds on the soul and psyche of Iranians, leaving scars that remain […]...

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Created By: Hormoz Sharifian
October 22, 2024

The Feminization of Aging Alongside the Feminization of Poverty/ Elahe Amani

The feminization of aging has presented major challenges for the global community, and Iran is no exception. While other countries have adopted effective strategies to address the feminization of aging and manage this crisis, in Iran, this crisis reveals its grim face in the increasing number of elderly people “abandoned” in parks, streets, and addiction […]...

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Created By: Elahe Amani
October 22, 2024

Sanitary pad in prison: Pressure and shame/ Athena Daeemi

Monthly period, or menstruation, is an inseparable part of our lives as women. For various reasons, our monthly bleeding may be heavy or light, it may last longer and in some cases, up to 10 days, or women may experience bleeding twice a month in times of stress, mental pressure, or even seasonal changes. As […]...

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Created By: Atena Daemi
July 18, 2024

The Do’s and Don’ts of Women in Prison; A Conversation with Alieh Shekarbigi/ Pedram Tahsini

By looking at the statistics, we will realize that the number of convicted women in courts and subsequently the female prison population is growing. However, less attention has been paid to their issues and problems upon their return to society. Neglecting this important issue has always increased concerns about the mental health of these individuals, […]...

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Created By: Admin
June 21, 2024

Nayereh Tavakoli: Women are disproportionately criminalized/ Ali Kalaei

Discrimination against women can be seen in various forms and situations in the country, but it seems that when it comes to prisons and female suspects and criminals, this discrimination becomes even more severe. For this reason, and to examine this issue from a sociological perspective, the monthly journal “Khat-e-Solh” turned to Nireh Tavakoli, a […]...

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Created By: Admin
June 21, 2024

Gender, expulsion, poverty, and incarcerated women/ Marzieh Mohabbi

The life of incarcerated women is more than that of free women, subject to gender discrimination. Women who are deprived and homeless are thrown into the trap of a criminal life, and are also subject to removal and expulsion. The social system condemns them to a useless surplus and exiles them, depriving them of their […]...

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Created By: Marziye Mohebbi
June 21, 2024

“Women prisoners and the struggle against discrimination / Zahra Bagheri-Shad”

Minority women make up prisoners all over the world, estimated to be between two and nine percent of the total prison population. This is despite the fact that the number of female prisoners has significantly increased in some countries and even compared to the number of male prisoners, the increase in female prisoners is remarkable. […]...

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Created By: Zahra Bagheri‌shad
June 21, 2024

The destructive effects of imprisoning women on families and society / Hermoz Sharifian

The beginning of the modern era marked the beginning of significant changes for societies, especially traditional ones, as many customary and religious rules, as well as common boundaries, were altered or shifted. One of the most important changes was the increased and more prominent presence of women in social spheres. With the rise of the […]...

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Created By: Hormoz Sharifian
June 21, 2024

The challenges of life after prison for women / Farzaneh Goli

Women usually pay more attention to the location and space of the prison when describing it. This is why being separated from other public spaces is one of the characteristics that they focus on. For example, a female prisoner with less than a high school education, whose husband has passed away and has three daughters, […]...

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June 21, 2024