A Review of Lost Trust in Official Media in the Narration of National Disasters / Nafiseh Sharafaldini

“Verification is the first unconscious reaction of an individual when faced with an event or news. Even a child, who lives solely based on instinct and unreliable bits of learning, turns to their parents for verification to determine the accuracy of a position. In the modern world, media has to a large extent replaced parents […]...

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Iranian tourism revolves around zero degrees / Beloved Tavakoli

International tourism revenues reached $1.4 trillion in 2023 (1), but due to the inefficiency of the Islamic Republic, Iran did not have a significant share in this market. Although Iranian tourism officials claim to have earned $6 billion from the industry, this figure is not comparable to the income of neighboring countries such as Turkey. […]...

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Is our culture real or is it just a cake? / Mehdi Anbari

In the context of sociological understanding, ethnicity is considered one of the fundamental components in comprehending the concept of nationality in contemporary society. Therefore, an ethnic group refers to a people who are socially distinguished as a result of their shared cultural heritage. Culture and cultural heritage can be considered as one of the most […]...

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A few brief reflections on the crises of books in Iran / Reza Najafi

Book and reading in Iran are facing multiple crises because, on one hand, they are inheriting global problems such as the decline of the book market due to the emergence of powerful competitors like cinema, television, virtual space, and various computer games, as well as new media such as audio works, and on the other […]...

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Karim Lakzadeh: The only way for cinema to join our recent protests is through suicide/ Ali Naseri

“Examining Iran’s Protest Cinema in Conversation with Karim Lakzadeh, Film Director” Karim Lakzadeh believes that in Iranian cinema, films have always been made that appear to be protest films, but in reality, they have only been used by opportunists to advance the filmmaker’s goals and gain international recognition. Given that these days, the art of […]...

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Review of the first draft of the main government budget; against the people, in favor of special institutions/ Masoud Kazemi.

“We must make tough and courageous decisions.” This sentence was expressed by Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Speaker of Parliament, in a joint session between the Parliament and the government regarding the budget for the year 1401. The decisions that Ghalibaf refers to and some other officials also call “economic surgery” seem inevitable given the economic […]...

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“Salahdideh”; From the Roman wolf to the legendary twins/ Ali Kalai

This is a caption. Ali Kalai From the wolf-like breasts of the Rom Club to the words of the president of the country, Mr. Hassan Rouhani, everything is scrutinized and edited by the auditor and the adjuster according to their own taste and those who dictate it to them. They replace whatever they want or […]...

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Hidden instrument and revealed secret / Mostafa Azizi

This is a caption این یک عنوان است. This is a caption. Mustafa Azizi After the victory of the revolution, which was a major topic of discussion, different groups had various models ranging from communism and socialism to social democracy and liberalism. However, Ayatollah Khomeini and his followers did not have a specific plan or […]...

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