On the 25th of Esfand 1366 (March 15th, 1988), while only four days remained until the new year, the city was bustling with people. They had come to the market to buy things for the night of Eid and the city was filled with chatter and excitement. Mothers were holding their children’s hands and buying […]...

They tell us a story and want us to believe it as they have said it. Speech is the one that prevails, and its assumption is that no one questions the victor. They make their own narrative, define their own history, and with the reinterpretation of everything, they also appropriate concepts for their own benefit. […]...

From the very first months after the leadership of Ayatollah Khamenei, he tried to implant a concept called “cultural invasion” in people’s minds. A concept that reflected his way of thinking and his approach towards modern human lifestyle. In Azar 1368 (November/December 1989), he stated in a speech, “Now in our schools, streets, frontlines, and […]...

One. Looking at the political slogans at the beginning of the 1980s surrounding the Iran-Iraq war, one can clearly understand the goals of the Islamic Republic’s government to increase the population’s awareness. Slogans such as “The Twenty Million Army”, “If this war lasts for twenty years, we will stand”, “Oh Army of the Owner of […]...

The disputes between governments and wars for the inhabitants of the earth have had terrible consequences; the outcome of wars has always been death and disability for the victims. According to many human rights defenders and protesters against war policies, landmines have been one of the most dangerous inventions of humanity since World War I. […]...

“این عکس یک پسر کوچک در حال بازی با گربه است” This picture shows a little boy playing with a cat.Isa Bazyar On the occasion of World Mine Awareness Day and Action Against Mines. The earth also bears many wounds as a result of our wars; wounds that may take years of effort to heal […]...

This is a caption. Shahed Alavi About Black Monday in Sardasht, colorful balloons in the sky over the city in the morning and black fighter jets in the sky in the afternoon, about the day of death with the taste of lemon and bitter almonds, we have written, read, and seen very little today, 29 […]...

There is no Farsi text provided to translate. Please provide the text for an accurate translation. Hossein Ahmadi Niaz On July 31, 1988, was a dark day for the people of Zardeh village in Kermanshah. Four days after the acceptance of Resolution 598, this impoverished village was targeted by Saddam’s Ba’ath regime for a chemical […]...

There is no Farsi text provided to translate. Please provide the text for an accurate translation. Goddess Amani 29 years ago, on 7 Tir month of 1366 (equivalent to June 28, 1987), 7 years after the Iraqi military invasion of Iran, 4 densely populated areas in Sardasht were targeted by chemical bombs dropped by Iraqi […]...

After the end of the war between Iran and Iraq in 1367 solar year, many landmines were left in border areas, mainly in Kurdish provinces in the west of the country. We witness daily human and civilian casualties in that region, especially among the kolbars. Despite the claims of the country’s officials, this cycle of […]...