Monireh Baradaran: Destruction of mass graves is an international crime/ Siavash Khoramgah

Monireh Baradaran Khorshahi is a writer and researcher who herself has experienced years of imprisonment and torture during both pre- and post-revolution periods of Azar 57. She is the sister of Mehdi Baradaran Khorshahi, a leftist activist who spent more than seven years in prison before the Azar 57 revolution and was executed in 60 […]...

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Legal rights of the deceased; desecration of graves/ Mohsen Kadiour

. Mohsen Kadiour The dead have the same legal rights as the living. They have the right to not have their graves destroyed or desecrated. But is this right for everyone, or only for righteous believers? Is it permissible according to Sharia to destroy the graves of individuals who, in some way, are considered enemies […]...

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“Living Against the Dead/ Reza Najafi”

A commentary on the phenomenon of destruction of graves in Iran. “بهترین راه برای پیشرفت، شروع کردن است.” “The best way to progress is to start.” Reza Najafi Heinrich Heine, a German political poet who lived in exile, wrote a poem in 1820: “Where they burn books, they will also burn humans sooner or later.” […]...

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Looking at the dignity of non-Muslims’ corpses, between two perspectives / Mojtaba Lotfi

“متن فارسی را به انگلیسی ترجمه کنید” “Translate the Farsi text to English.” Mojtaba Lotfi In Islamic thought, there are two perspectives on human beings: the traditional view and the human rights view. A person is either a Muslim or a non-Muslim. Muslim cemetery In the religious perspective, just as a human being is respected […]...

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Rights and duties of inheritors, with respect to the deceased body/ Mohammad Moghimi

“منظوری از شهر” “A view of the city” Mohammad Moghimi The discovered body attributed to Reza Shah Pahlavi has caused various reactions in the public. Regardless of the fact that it has not yet been determined to whom the mentioned body belongs and its identification requires special tests, examining this issue from a legal and […]...

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“Unmarked shrine, destruction with faith/ Jafarian thought”

Summer of the year that I was supposed to go to the preschool in its autumn, which they used to call “preparation” at the time, we went to a strange place with my mother, her niece, and a group of people I didn’t know. It was a remote and hot place where you couldn’t easily […]...

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“Gourstizi and Gourharasi in the Islamic Republic/ Saqi Laqi”Gourstizi and Gourharasi refer to two traditional Iranian dances, often performed at celebrations and gatherings. The phrase “in the Islamic Republic” indicates that these dances are still practiced in modern-day Iran. “Saqi Laqi” is a phrase that is commonly used in Persian poetry and literature, and can be translated as “beloved companion.”

“منظوری از کوهستان” “A view of the mountains” Saqi’s meeting Death in celestial religions is seen as a passage from the mortal world to the eternal one, and therefore the deceased are highly respected. Especially in Islam, respecting the dead is as important as respecting the living. It is recommended to stand up in respect […]...

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Discrimination in “Dead” and “Killed” / Hamid Hamidi

This is a picture of a cat.[/caption] این عکس یک گربه است. This is a picture of a cat. Hamid Hamidi Despite the differences in legal systems and the varying opinions of sociologists and jurists about its basis, quality, and level of respect and credibility in societies, custom is considered one of the most important […]...

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Body conflict, our familiar of yesterday and today/ Morteza Hamoonian

A body belonging to Reza Shah was discovered in the garden of Touiti Shah Abdolazim Hosseini. However, this body was a reminder of the behavior of Sheikh Sadegh Khalkhali, the first ruler of the Revolutionary Courts in Iran after the revolution, who destroyed the mausoleum of the Pahlavi dynasty and never got his hands on […]...

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Reflection on the Case of the Mummified Body of Reza Shah Pahlavi / Mohammad Mahbobi

“پاییز زیباست و آسمان آبی است” “Autumn is beautiful and the sky is blue.” Mohammad Mohabbi Burial or burying the bodies of dead humans is considered an ancient human tradition. Some archaeological studies estimate the origins of this practice to be around thirty thousand years ago. Even Neanderthal humans buried their dead in the ground. […]...

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Echoes of joy/ Champion Qanbari

This is not a complete sentence, so it cannot be translated accurately. Please provide the full sentence for an accurate translation. Qahraman Ghanbari What is happiness? Although the definition of happiness, pleasure, and joy may seem easy at first glance, unfortunately we still do not have a comprehensive definition of it. Is happiness dependent on […]...

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Book Introduction: Here the sound of wolves is louder.

“This is where the sound of wolves is louder”, is the name of a book that narrates the lives of the Kurdish Kolbars and their suffering in the Horaman region in the form of a novel. As Adel Khalefi, the author of the book, has narrated in an interview with the media, the sound of […]...

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