“Rospi” women! This is a word that we have all heard of. It doesn’t matter where we are in this city, we have all seen them in every corner and neighborhood; when they are being chased like shadows, they listen to suggestions and even argue over high prices; that’s when you realize that near you, […]...

From this issue, in the “Face to Face” section of the Peace magazine, we will focus on conversations or memoirs of torture victims in prisons. In this series of conversations, we will try to document the various forms of torture that are practiced in prisons, as told by the victims themselves. The purpose of this […]...

In late May of 2013, tensions and conflicts erupted in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, which quickly became the top headline in many news outlets around the world. These protests not only spread to other cities in Turkey, but have continued until today. The events, stemming from the Gezi Park issue, turned into a widespread […]...

Privacy, while seemingly simple, is considered one of the most controversial and difficult concepts in the field of law, and it is a concept that almost defies a single, uniform definition. This is despite the fact that in many legal cases, especially in the realm of human rights, lawyers have reached relatively clear and consistent […]...

“Origin of freedom” Regarding the concept of privacy, there is neither a precise definition nor a consensus on its boundaries. The first time Aristotle defined private space and household management in contrast to public and political space; however, here we are interested in this concept in relation to human rights. We want to know if […]...

Milan Kundera, a Czech writer, in one of his novels, recounts a true story of the period of dictatorship in his country, full of laughter and forgetfulness. He tells how the plots that the security organization had planned against two government critics had the opposite result. Security agents had eavesdropped and recorded private conversations of […]...

Religious beliefs have long been one of the main causes of enmity and war among humans. Many people have been killed or subjected to torture and persecution because of their religion. In modern times, we can also see examples of major wars between followers of different beliefs. Therefore, human rights must have an appropriate approach […]...

Facebook regularly abuses the privacy of its users. Google no longer supports its popular RSS feeds. Apple has banned all iPhone apps that are political or sexual in nature. Microsoft may collaborate with some governments to spy on Skype calls, but we do not know which governments. Recently, both Twitter and LinkedIn have experienced security […]...

In the Islamic system ruling over Iran, more emphasis is placed on not corrupting the people rather than understanding them. This characteristic is derived from the clergy who have always considered themselves as “knowledgeable” and others as “ignorant” throughout history. The clergy of present-day Iran have no new words for those who understand and for […]...

“In the name of God” You know that the University of Tehran was established in 1313 (during the time of Reza Shah) and immediately after students and professors entered through one door, politics also came to the university through another door. Some professors and students raised political issues such as freedom and tyranny in universities. […]...

We sat down with Akbar Aalamy, a lawyer and certified legal expert in the field of “privacy” and its place in various cultures and laws, especially in Iran. Mr. Aalamy, who was also a former representative of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission in the sixth and seventh terms of the Islamic Consultative Assembly […]...

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