Monday, February 9, 2026

OPINION: Why Iranian Women Should Lead the ‘No to Islamic Republic’ Campaign 

By Firouzeh Ramezanzade Many Iranians, including a significant number of women inside and outside the country, have joined an online campaign titled “No to the Islamic Republic” launched earlier this month by some 600 rights...

Remembering Iranian Poet Forough Farrokhzad on Anniversary of Her Death

By Firouzeh Ramezanzadeh   This week is the anniversary of the death of Forough Farrokhzad Araghi, one of Iran’s most celebrated modern poets. She died, aged 32, on Feb. 13, 1967. Farrokhzad was a poet with an expansive...