Farhad Sabetan: In Mr. Rouhani’s government, apartheid against Baha’is has been prevalent/ Simin Rouzgar.

Conversation with Simin Rouzgar. In Iran, a religious minority has been facing anger and violence for almost four decades; apart from executions and physical elimination, they are constantly subjected to various forms of intimidation, insults, and false accusations by security institutions. They are deprived of education in universities and higher education centers, are not employed […]...

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Ayatollah Montazeri’s opinion on the Baha’is; in conversation with Ahmad Montazeri / Ali Kalaii.

  Conversation with Ali Kalai Ayatollah Montazeri, as one of the great Shia authorities, has repeatedly demonstrated his unique thoughts and ideas in historical moments or sensitive issues. One of them is the issue of the rights of Baha’is. In a statement published in the last years of his life, he spoke about the Baha’is’ […]...

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Bahman Maghsoudlou: Iranian cinema has failed/ Ali Klayi

Ali Kala’i Behrouz Moqaddam is a filmmaker, critic, and researcher of cinema. He has been active in the field of Iranian and international cinema for over 40 years. Before the revolution, in Bahman 57 (1974), he received the prestigious literary award of Forough Farrokhzad for his writing and editing of a series of books about […]...

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Mohammad Tangestani: Chastity has no meaning in cinema/ Simin Rouzgar

  Conversation with Simin Rouzgar Mohammad Tangestani is a poet and journalist. He has experience working with various artistic and social publications in Iran, and is the author of books such as “Amir Zahra” and “Citizen of the World”. In the past two years, he has specialized in the field of censorship and self-censorship. In […]...

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Hopes of Architects: The potential of social networks is attractive for the government of Iran/ Simin Rouzgar

Conversation with Simin Rouzgar Omid Memarian began his career in journalism in 2000 in Iran by writing for various newspapers such as Hayat-e No, Sharq, and Yas-e No. This blogger and journalist, who continued his studies in multimedia journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, has written for various English-language media and news agencies such […]...

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Khosrow Sadeghi Boroujeni: Sterilization is an admission of defeat/ Simin Ruzgar.

Conversation with Simin Rouzgar Khosro Sadeghi Borujeni is a sociologist who, in recent years, has studied neoliberalism and political economy in Iran and has written numerous articles on this topic. His book, “Neoliberalism in the Critique of Boota”, is a collection of his articles published by H&S Media in England. In light of the special […]...

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Mohammad Taghavi: Exploitation of Children in Football Cannot Be Justified by Fear of Being Labeled Unethical/ Simin Ruzgar

  Conversation with Simin Rouzgar Mohammad Taghavi is one of the few educated footballers of the 1970s in Iran who mostly played as a right defender. This former player of Esteghlal and the Iranian national team also has a coaching experience in the youth football schools of Esteghlal in his resume. Mohammad Taghavi has been […]...

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“Qasem Sholeh Saadi: To stay in parliament, one must become a state attorney/ Simin Rouzgar”

Simin Rouzgar In late Mehr month of this year, “General Election Policies” with 18 articles were announced by the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the heads of the three branches of government and the head of the Expediency Discernment Council. Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, the spokesperson of the Guardian Council, also announced a […]...

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A story of Mahsa’s life, a trans woman who sells her body/ Siavash Khoramgah

  Siyavash Khoramgah Since according to the laws of the Islamic Republic, only relationships between opposite sexes are considered legal, Iran has become a pioneer in the field of gender reassignment surgeries for over three decades. Every year, a significant number of transgender and intersex citizens undergo these surgeries and endure the difficult process as […]...

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Parvin Ardalan: The movement of two female chess players against the involuntary conformity of women under the title of culture / Amir Hossein Zoulghadri

Amirhossein Zolghadri Parvin Ardalan, born in 1345, graduated in the field of Social Communications at the Bachelor’s level and Women’s Studies at the Master’s level from Allameh Tabataba’i University in Tehran. She is a journalist and well-known activist for women’s rights, and is one of the founders of the “Women’s Cultural Center” and a member […]...

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Soulmaz Sharif: The view of officials towards women’s sports is from top to bottom / Simin Rouzgar.

  Simin Rouzgar Solmaz Sharif, who has years of experience as a sports journalist in Iranian media, launched the weekly magazine “Shirzan” in 2007 after immigrating to the United States. This was the first independent media outlet dedicated to women’s sports, with the aim of filling the gap in coverage of this field in national […]...

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Death in a Circle of Life; Conversations with Seven Executed Drug Prisoners/ Simin Rouzgar

Simin Rouzgar The rights of prisoners and their families are one of the most important topics in human rights. One of the prerequisites for enforcing these rights is the proper identification and understanding of prisoners accused of various crimes and awareness of their conditions. In addition, achieving such understanding plays a significant role in research […]...

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