Iran, the forgotten home of trans people/ Amir Hossein Zolghadri

“منظوری از بالا” “A view from above” Amir Hossein Zolghadri The 18th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, held on November 20th, commemorated the loss of 225 individuals worldwide from October 1st, 2015 to September 30th, 2016, solely due to their gender identity. However, Iran is among the countries where no transgender murders have been reported […]...

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A large bite called “Tehran Gluttony” / Mehdi Dehghan

This is a picture of a flower. Mehdi Dehghan These days, the senior leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran consider the two malignant tumors of “corruption and rent-seeking” as threats and factors of the collapse of the system, which are also the main cause of it and are revealed in some form every day. […]...

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Book Introduction: Bright Shadows of International Human Rights Law

This is a caption این یک عنوان است. Goddess Amani With the widespread expansion of the field of human rights in the mid-twentieth century, conflicts and complexities have become inevitable in the realm of prioritizing and delaying these rights. From political and civil rights and democracy to individuals’ rights in the field of environment, from […]...

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A Look at Iran’s Cyber Activities; In Conversation with Colin Anderson / Keyvan Rafiei

This is a caption This is a caption Kian Rafiei In the list of five-year development plans in Iran, attention to cyberspace as a non-military defense tool, along with its importance in information dissemination and organization, has always been of interest to policymakers in the country. However, with a pessimistic view of officials, it has […]...

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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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Tonia Vali Oghli: Female athletes are being used for advertising / Siavash Khoramgah

Tonia Vali Oghli has been a member of the Iranian national swimming team since the age of 12 and holds records in the 200-meter and 100-meter backstroke, as well as the 400-meter individual medley in the 7th Asian Games held in Tehran in 1974. She has a history of participating in multiple world competitions and […]...

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Ayatollah Abdulhamid Masoumi Tehrani: If we have a constitution, fatwas have no meaning / Morteza Hamounian

Ayatollah Abdolhamid Masoumi Tehrani, a well-known cleric, resides in Tehran. In the past three decades, due to his activities and unique religious views, he has experienced imprisonment, torture, and security confrontations in the Islamic Republic. He has always strived to emphasize coexistence among religions and denominations in all parts of the world. This calligrapher, painter, […]...

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Book Introduction: Women Football Fans: Society, Identity, and Gender Discrimination

The book “Women Football Fans: Society, Identity, and Gender Discrimination” is written by Kerry Dunn, a researcher and professor at Metropolitan University of Manchester, who is known as a sports journalist, especially in the field of women and football. This book does not delve into the history of football and fandom, and Ms. Dunn has […]...

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Nemat Ahmadi: From the time of Khalkhali until now, we have only intensified punishment / Siavash Khoramgah

Last year, the Islamic Consultative Assembly announced the amendment of the Anti-Drug Law in order to create a glimmer of hope in this area. In this plan, the representatives of the Assembly demanded the elimination of the death penalty for drug-related crimes, except in cases of armed trafficking or organized groups. According to the resolution […]...

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Mohammad Saifzadeh: Drug offenders should not be imprisoned / Morteza Hamounian

Seyed Mohammad Seifzadeh is a human rights lawyer. He is one of the founders of the Human Rights Defenders Association and spent several years in prison after the events of the 2009 presidential election. Seifzadeh has been actively working in various legal and human rights fields for years and has represented many political, security, and […]...

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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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How well do we know small-scale drug dealers? / Simin Rouzgar

Simin Rouzgar The Glasgow school believes that news does not reflect the world, but rather shapes it. This definition means that the way an event is reported is more influenced by the political and social world surrounding it. The findings of research from this school not only question the impartiality of dominant media, but also […]...

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