Workers in Iran under the index of destruction/ Morteza Hamoonian

At the time of writing these words, the budget bill for 2019 has not yet been presented to the Islamic Consultative Assembly. However, Kazem Jalali, the head of the parliamentary research center, has stated that there are two opinions regarding the rights of workers and employees in the coming year. One is that these rights […]...

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Trade Unions, A New Phase in the Student Movement / Morteza Hamounian

As one of the emerging but powerful forces in the student movement, they have repeatedly emphasized their non-political stance. They have explicitly stated that they are not involved in internal political factions and have no connections with political groups outside the country. They have said, “Due to the interdependence and complexity of social relations and […]...

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A controversial statement and against all principles / Morteza Hamounian

The constant reform of existing laws, especially in the judicial realm, has had its own ups and downs; particularly in Iran, only 112 years after the Constitutional Revolution. A revolution that had one of its main demands the establishment of a House of Justice. Its decree was issued by Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, but the […]...

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: Abbas Milani: The main responsible for undemocratic and tyrannical behaviors/ Morteza HamounianAbbas Milani: The main responsible for undemocratic and tyrannical behaviors/ Morteza Hamounian:

Dr. Abbas Milani is an Iranian theorist, historian, and writer residing in the state of California in the United States. He has been the director of the Iranian Studies program at Stanford University and also one of the heads of the Iran Democracy Project at the Hoover Institution. Some of his notable books include “The […]...

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What do they do with “people’s money” in the 97 budget? / Morteza Hamounian

“When we say the government should pay, it means the people’s money. This is one of the statements that President Hassan Rouhani mentioned in his non-confrontational interview with Reza Rashidpour on the second evening of Bahman month 1396 on national media. Government money that should come from the designated budget for any matter, not from […]...

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Rouhani, a honeyless bee for the workers/ Morteza Hamounian

More than a year has passed since the announcement of the Charter of Citizens’ Rights in Iran by the government of Hassan Rouhani. This government is in its first year of its second term and although it is still at the beginning of its term, it is responsible for many economic, social, and political events […]...

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“Basiij and its formation, a threat to bread or a danger to life? / Morteza Hamounian”

The early days after the revolution are in Bahman 57. The country is in turmoil and people’s forces are protecting the newly achieved revolution in the streets. With the success of the revolution, their categories become clearer. It is time for group competitions. The streets are filled with the presence of people’s forces. The people’s […]...

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“Disorganized Music Concert in Iran / Morteza Hamoonian”

The text cannot be translated without knowing the Farsi text. Please provide the Farsi text for translation. Morteza Hamounian The leadership position says that cultural work should not be mistaken for holding a concert. The Friday prayer leader of Mashhad and the representative of the leadership in Khorasan Razavi province consider music concerts as a […]...

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We want “Justice”; 111 years after the Constitutional Revolution/ Morteza Hamounian.

The pursuit of a powerful and efficient judiciary in Iran has its roots in the long history of the country. The concept of justice in Iranian history has always been traditional and has been pursued in various forms. In fact, the word “dat” in ancient Persian and Avestan means “law,” and this word has been […]...

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Why is access to the internet considered a fundamental human right? / Morteza Hamounian

In early May, the government of Congo signed a contract worth 5.6 million dollars with the group “Mer”. Mer is an Israeli security consulting company with deep ties to Israeli intelligence services. Mer sells monitoring tools to foreign security forces and the result of its products is a large data analysis system called the Strategic […]...

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: Nader Wahabi: Political refugees tend to be marginalized / Morteza Hamounian:

Nader Vahabi, a graduate in Political Science and holds a Master’s and Doctorate degree in Political Sociology from the University of Nantes and the Faculty of Humanities in Paris. He defended his doctoral thesis on the collective memories of Iranian refugees in 2004, which was published in French by Armand Colin under the title “Sociology […]...

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The Psychology of Torturer; In Conversation with Monireh Baradaran/ Morteza Hamoonian.

We have heard and know about the torture of the eyes, but what about the torturers? To what extent are we familiar with the character and expertise of torturers in carrying out various forms of torture and violence? Stanley Milgram, a famous American psychologist, based on his well-known experiment, has proven that the ability to […]...

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