Between July 11 and August 1, 2026 (20 Tir to 10 Mordad 1405), at least 72 well-known pages and accounts on Iranian social media were blocked or seized, the administrators of at least 21 pages were forced to publish pledges, and at least 23 business establishments in different cities were sealed. The scope of the […]...

January 1404 was a time for a number of protesters to say their “last words”; a sentence recorded in a few lines on Instagram stories, or in a few-second video, sometimes in a brief call to family, and sometimes in a will that the survivors tried to carry out without fail. These messages, republished in […]...

What is seen on the streets today is not merely a variety of styles, but a silent, ongoing competition between social classes—inscribed on the surface of the body. Hair color, eyebrow shape, the cut of a manteau, and even the quality of makeup have become markers that reveal opportunities, limitations, and economic divides. In a […]...

This is a caption. Naeimeh Dostdar Are women inherently incorruptible? Do they have no inclination to bribe, collude, embezzle, or engage in illegal transactions? Is gender a factor that has led to the lesser involvement of women in forgery, document destruction, and abuse of power and position? These questions are very old, but their investigation […]...

This is a caption [/caption] This is a caption. Naeimeh Dostdar In the past, there has been a discussion among feminists – who have mainly been women for historical reasons – about whether men can also be feminists. Should men, who are believed by many to be the main agents of patriarchal and gender-based inequality […]...