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Child Labor in Iran: The Silent Outcry for Social Justice/ Hossein Yazdi

The phenomenon of child labor in Iran serves as a full-length mirror reflecting entrenched economic injustice, educational inequality, and foundational flaws in social policymaking. Drawing on official statistics, global reports, and reputable research, this article demonstrates how institutionalized poverty, forced migration, and ineffective protective legislation push children into the hidden labor market. This process not […]...

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Class Divide, Erosion of Public Welfare, and Structural Inefficiency/ By Fereshteh Goli

Social classes refer to structural divisions in society that categorize individuals or groups based on economic, social, cultural, and political factors. These divisions are typically shaped by inequalities in resources (wealth, income, education, occupation, and power) and influence social relations, opportunities, and individuals’ lifestyles. Social classes are defined based on various elements such as economy, […]...

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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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“Law against the law/ Reza Najafi”

One of the challenges for Iranians is that, aside from the flaws and weaknesses of the Islamic Republic’s constitution, the government is not even loyal to its own laws and does not act upon them. We have seen numerous times that the rulers of the Islamic Republic, or their supporters and followers, use the cliché […]...

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Systematic discrimination and persecution of Baha’is in Iran; conversation with Payam Vali, a Baha’i citizen/ Conversation with Siamak Malamahmoudi.

Message from Vali, a Bahai citizen who, according to the decision of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution, has been systematically and extensively deprived of his citizenship rights solely because of being a Bahai. In a conversation about peace, he recounts what has happened to him over the past three decades: As a Baha’i citizen […]...

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Feminism; a movement for men? / Nahid Dostdar

This is a caption [/caption] This is a caption. Naeimeh Dostdar In the past, there has been a discussion among feminists – who have mainly been women for historical reasons – about whether men can also be feminists. Should men, who are believed by many to be the main agents of patriarchal and gender-based inequality […]...

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