In Iran, there are minorities that have significant differences compared to the official and recognized minorities, such as the black community in southern Iran, the Khavari people in Khorasan, the Maraghi people in Almut, the nomadic Koli people, and other groups that may not have been studied or researched yet. These minorities do not have […]...

Sources: 1 – The Book of Slavery and Trade in the Persian Gulf, written by Thomas Ricks and John Bartley, translated by Hassan Zanganeh, 2004. 2 – Slavery in the Persian Gulf, Donya-e-Eqtesad Newspaper, July 16, 2013. 3 – The Prohibition of Slavery in the Persian Gulf during the Naseri Era, Zahra Marvoti, Journal of […]...

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More than a hundred years have passed since the opening of birth certificates to the lives of Iranians, but after a century, there are still people who remain without birth certificates. These are people whose Iranian roots and heritage date back more than a century, but living in remote areas has deprived them of having […]...

Sources: 1- The History of Hajji Firouz – A Conversation with Behram Beyzai and Sadreddin Elahi – Deutsche Welle Persian, 2009 2- Hajji Firouz: Beggar and Slaveholder – ISNA, 28 Esfand 1394 3- Hajji Firouz: An Ancient Symbol or a Symbol of Division? – Salam Now, 26 Esfand 1397 4- On the Future of Islamic […]...

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, an American sociologist, expressed his concern about the use of the concept of race to explain the biological superiority of white people in his works over a hundred years ago. He did not believe in categorizing humans based on skin color and saw this as a feature of cultural and […]...

Slavery is a violent social institution, an inhumane and exploitative practice by humans against humans. Every conscious individual should take a stand against slavery, whether in ancient times or in modern forms, and strive against it. It must be acknowledged that slavery has existed in its own particular style and context in the history of […]...

  Conversation with Ali Kalaii Mehrdad Darvishpour, born in September 1339 in Tehran, has completed his PhD in Sociology at Stockholm University in Sweden and is currently a university professor and deputy professor at Mälardalen University. Mr. Darvishpour, who has been working on developing political theories since the age of 20, has published numerous articles […]...

Conversation with Simin Rouzgar. Hassan Yousefi Eshkevari, a writer, researcher, and religious scholar, is the first representative of the first term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly in Iran. His speech at the Berlin Conference caused a lot of controversy; after the conference, Mr. Eshkevari was arrested and initially sentenced to death by the Tehran clergy […]...

Mohsen Nejat Hosseini is a graduate of the Master’s program in Chemical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tehran. While studying, he also participated in the political and social struggles of his time and was one of the founding members of the People’s Mujahedin of Iran organization. Nejat Hosseini was active […]...

Conversation with Mani Tehrani Although we still cannot comfortably say that the world around us is an ideal place to live, if we look back, this world has become a better place every day. Humanity, which has experienced trials such as the Inquisition, Auschwitz, Stalin’s forced labor camps, and exploitation of African Americans in North […]...