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October 2, 2024

Hormoz Sharifian

Hossein Simaie is a money changer and a student of “Bistareh”/ Hermoz Sharifian.

One of the darkest aspects of the performance and history of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s government is the denial of the right to education for critical students and the expulsion and suspension of university professors who act critically towards the government’s policies. In such circumstances, not only the future and life of a student […]...

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September 22, 2024

A Look at the Election Promises of Physicians Regarding “Filtering” and “Monitoring” / Hormoz Sharifian

The world has different policies, one of which is the world of “promises”. Nowadays, politicians in all forms of government – from democratic to semi-democratic and even authoritarian – are forced to make promises to the people and the people usually have no choice but to “vote” based on the promises they hear from the […]...

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August 22, 2024

The story of a painful day in journalism in Iran / Hormoz Sharifian

In Iran, the day of the journalist is marked by the name “Mahmoud Saremi”. On August 8, 1998, one of the journalists of the IRNA news agency, along with several employees of the Islamic Republic consulate, was killed by Taliban forces in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. Since then, August 8 has been designated as […]...

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July 22, 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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June 21, 2024

The Iranian civil society continues to support women’s rights / Hermoz Sharifian

In the past, I had trouble with the phrase “women’s rights” and would ask myself: Can “rights” have a gender? With a belief in “human rights”, women’s rights should also be seen within the same concept and respected. But in a meeting with lawyers, especially experts in “fundamental rights”, I learned that women, and at […]...

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May 21, 2024

People have become the hidden victims of “low wages”/ Hormoz Sharifian.

Investigating the approved minimum wage for workers in 1403, still puts this hard-working spectrum of Iranian society at risk of countless social dangers, the headline of which is “poverty and misery”. This amount of wages, even with the sudden rise of the “dollar price” against the “destroyed national currency” – which intensified even more with […]...

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April 20, 2024

On the occasion of “World Health Day” and its unfortunate situation in Iran / Hermoz Sharifian

April 1st (12th of Farvardin) has been designated as World Health Day. Health refers to a set of programs and actions that, when followed, promote the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being of humans, and proper implementation of which ultimately leads to the health of a society. In developed countries, health is one of the fundamental […]...

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March 20, 2024

Privacy, threat and limitation/ Hormoz Sharifian

Privacy and personal freedoms are one of the most valuable rights of citizenship that people in most countries around the world have fought hard and sometimes bloody battles to obtain. These are the divine and human rights that God has bestowed upon them. Privacy and personal freedoms are subsets of social freedoms, and true democracy, […]...

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February 20, 2024

Tourists need comfort and security/ Hermoz Sharifian

Tourism or travel is one of the most profitable industries, and despite having abundant natural resources and God-given wealth, most countries in the world still make great efforts to expand this industry in their own country. Despite the fact that the tourism industry generates significant income for countries, what makes it even more important is […]...

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February 20, 2024

Looking at addicts is still criminal/ Hormoz Sharifian

A tragic and heartbreaking fire incident at “Gham Rahayi Avval” camp in the city of Langroud in Gilan province resulted in the death of at least 36 residents who were seeking treatment for addiction. Although it did not receive much attention from the public and media, it brought the issue of addiction back into serious […]...

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December 22, 2023

If “City of Books” becomes the world of books/ Hermoz Sharifian

The position and culture of reading books in Iran is so esteemed and respected that parents and teachers in schools, from the very first years of education, introduce books as humans’ best friend and encourage children to read, and of course, they still do so. Of course, verbal encouragement alone is not enough to establish […]...

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October 23, 2023

The prominent role of media in exposing human rights violations / Hermoz Sharifian

From the beginning of the 19th century, when mass media, newspapers, and journalism emerged, all social fields from politics and culture to art and sports were influenced by this amazing phenomenon and found a new path towards progress and, in some cases, reached glory. Politics may have become entangled with journalism more than any other […]...

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Created By: Hormoz Sharifian
September 23, 2023