The Discriminatory Legal Structure Against Women in Iran and the Strategic Logic of the One Million Signatures Campaign/ Parvaneh Ahmadi

The legal, social, and political status of women in contemporary Iranian history, particularly in the decades following the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979 (1357), has always been marked by profound contradictions and complexities. On the one hand, as time has passed, Iranian society has witnessed the dynamism and extensive presence of women in […]...

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One Million Signatures, Beyond the Borders/ Monireh Kazemi

Throughout different periods of history, there have always been Iranian migrants and exiles. What distinguishes this era from previous ones, however, is, first, their large numbers and widespread dispersal across different parts of the world and, second, their constant exploration of their personal pasts and Iran’s recent history—an exploration accompanied by a sense of longing […]...

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Women at the Helm, the Government on the Brakes/ Pardis Parsa

Today in Iran, motorcycles and electric scooters have evolved from recreational vehicles or means of transportation associated with particular social classes into essential tools for earning a livelihood and for fast, inexpensive transportation. Nevertheless, the absence of a single, transparent procedure for issuing licenses to half of the country’s population has pushed women motorcyclists into […]...

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Derrida and the Question of the Death Penalty: Sovereignty, Exception, Violence, and Political Death/ Mustafa Ahmadian

Introduction: When the Law Arrives at Death Discussions of the death penalty usually begin from a point that the law has already determined: what constitutes a crime, what constitutes punishment, and in which cases the most severe punishment—the deprivation of life—may be applied. For this reason, a large part of the legal literature on the […]...

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The Erosion of the Middle Class: A Test for Civil Society/ Mina Javani

The middle class is usually defined in terms of income level, consumption patterns, or educational attainment, as though the issue were merely one of drawing an economic boundary separating one segment of society from the lower and upper classes. Yet the historical and political significance of this class cannot be reduced to its economic position. […]...

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Twenty years after one million signatures; a work by Motaharah Jafari

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