OPINION: Child Marriage in Iran Is A Legal Crime Endorsed by Religion
By Azadeh Karimi
Footage of a wedding ceremony between an underage girl and a much older man in Iran has gone viral on social media and once again exposed the reprehensible yet legal practice of...
Iranian Women Artists In Germany Form ‘Group Seven’
By Azadeh Karimi and Ali Eshtyagh
Five Iranian women artists living in Germany have formed a collective known as Group Seven. The collective was formed in 2008.
The women work in various mediums including painting,...
Iranian Social Activist and Author Zohreh Sayyadi Arrested
By Azadeh Karimi
Zohreh Sayyadi, a social activist and children’s book author, was arrested on December 10 at her home in the town of Andisheh, in the northern province of Tehran, a reliable source has...
New Nobel Literature Academy Member Jila Mossaed Speaks to Kayhan Life
By Azadeh Karimi
The Swedish Academy, which selects the laureate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, elected Jila Mossaed, an Iranian-Swedish author and poet, as its new member on October 5. She is the first...
Celebrated Iranian Actor Mohammad Ali Keshavarz Dies At 90
By Azadeh Karimi
Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, one of Iran’s most celebrated theater and film actors, died on June 14 at Tehran’s Atiyeh hospital, where he had been admitted a few weeks earlier with acute kidney...
Iran’s Women Reporters Suffer Widespread Sexual Harassment, Magazine Reports
By Azadeh Karimi
A recent survey conducted among a group of 59 female news reporters by the Tehran-based monthly magazine Communication Management (magiran) has shown that 90 percent of them experienced some types of sexual...
Iranian Directors Take Part in Berlin Film Festival
By Azadeh Karimi and Ali Eshtiaq
Several Iranian directors took part in the 68th Berlin International Film Festival late last month.
Unusually, women artists claimed as many as seven of the 11 prizes. The winner of...
Iranian Director Hossein Rajabian to Release His New Film Online for Free
By Azadeh Karimi
The Iranian film director and photographer Hossein Rajabian -- who was sentenced along with his brother, the prominent musician Mehdi Rajabian, to six years imprisonment by the Revolutionary Court in summer of...
Iranians Should Drive Less to Reduce Pollution, Expert Says
By Azadeh Karimi
While current air quality regulations and emission standards are much more stringent than 20 years ago, there has been a concerted effort by most governments around the world to encourage their population...
Vast Areas of Iran’s Caspian Hyrcanian Mixed Forests Destroyed by Fire
By Azadeh Karimi
Since early February, warm winds have fueled at least 62 wildfires that have burned 130 hectares of the Caspian Hyrcanian Mixed Forests -- a UNESCO World Heritage Site -- in the northern...
