How did “woman, life, freedom” become the strongest bond between students and people?/ Ali Esmaeil Farahani

Students and people have become very close in the current era and it seems as if they have reached a common desire. The policies that have been implemented so far have been a major obstacle to our nation’s progress. We had become isolated islands that would come together for a moment to achieve a short-term […]...

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The university is unstoppable / Roozbeh Parsi

The relationship between students and the Ministry of Science has undergone many changes in the past years and has ranged from cooperation to complete conflict. To understand the current situation of the university, it is necessary and essential to examine the past of this relationship. During the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, it was a period […]...

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Hafez Musavi: Iranian artist is inevitably involved with social and political issues/ Mehrnoush No’edoust

Examining the committed art and social responsibility of the artist in conversation with Hafez Musavi, poet. Who is a committed artist? Is art simply a result of an artist’s reaction to political and social situations? What is the state of committed and protest art in the current protests in Iran? These questions have been asked […]...

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“Manifestation of Protest and Revolution / Behzad Kambouzia”

An overview of the visual works arising from the movement of “Women, Life, Freedom”. In recent weeks, the intensity and severity of events and important developments have been so high that it has likely changed the meaning of time for many of us. It is as if imagining the situation in Iran before the murder […]...

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The blazing flames of creation / Nima Rahi

A brief note on the relationship between art and revolution. Socrates did not like tragedy and the reason he gave was very simple: “tragedy is beneficial.” This usefulness later became one of the fundamental principles of tragic writing, theorized by tragedians such as Sophocles. In simple terms, this usefulness referred to promoting a universal perspective […]...

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Conversation with Naemat Ahmadi, lawyer and prosecutor about the increase in execution sentences in Iran/ Ali Kalaii

Overcoming unemployment is overcoming crime. Statistics in the past year show a significant increase in the implementation of the death penalty in Iran. It seems that since Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei took office, there has been a strong will within the judicial system to expedite all death sentences. This has prompted the monthly magazine Khat-e-Solh to interview […]...

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The visibility of children in street protests/ Hamed Firmand

Mehsa Amini, a young woman, was killed by the agents of the “moral security police” in late Shahrivar 1401 (September 2022) during widespread protests against the Islamic Republic. In these protests, children, especially teenagers, play a central role, but perhaps more important than their role in these protests is the visibility of children during protest […]...

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There is no will or ability to abolish the death penalty in Iran / Niloufar Gachilo

A look at the expansion of the death penalty in Iran. Until the 18th century, we find executions and deprivation of life using various tools and methods in desirable and accepted societies. Through historical examination, it is observable that there was no serious dispute or discussion among intellectuals and jurists about its rejection and abolition. […]...

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“Companion of school, revolution and street/ Beloved and friendly.”

The History of Student Movements in Iran from the Constitutional Revolution to Today Three schoolgirls in their school uniforms walk hand in hand, shaking their headscarves and shouting, “Women, life, freedom.” This image has become familiar in recent months in Iran; it started with the death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini and has spread to the […]...

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Mehdi Motaharnia: Concerns about social upheavals have created the grounds for the transition from injustice to justice / Ali Kalai

“Concerns about social upheavals on one hand, and the way in which forces deal with these social upheavals on the other hand, have created the grounds for a change and transformation. According to Dr. Mehdi Motaharnia, this could be a reason for the promotion of the police or law enforcement in Iran from within the […]...

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Babak Paknia: The existence of guidance does not coincide with moral, rational, and historical rules/ Roshanak Mehrayin.

In the last week of Shahrivar 1401 (September 2022), Mahsa (Jina) Amini, a young woman who was arrested by the Guidance Patrol in Tehran under the pretext of improper hijab, was transferred to the hospital and a few days later news of her death was announced. Following this incident, which many have called a state-sanctioned […]...

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Special Police Unit; from the alleys of Mashhad’s seminary to the gardens of Mahshahr/ Maryam Dehkordi

The first time that Iranian citizens heard the name of the special unit may go back to the early 1970s; when one of the first street protests after the revolution took place in Mashhad, one of the most religious cities in Iran, in Bahman 1357. In 1970, the government of Iran merged the city police, […]...

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