Iran’s Government Penalizes Medical Professionals for Supporting ‘National Uprising’
By Firouzeh Nordstrom
A wave of nationwide protests in Iran sparked by the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died while in the custody of the morality police on Sept. 16....
Devastated by 2003 Earthquake, Ancient City of Bam Still Awaits Reconstruction
By Firouzeh Nordstrom
In the early hours of Dec. 26, 2003, a 6.6 magnitude earthquake levelled the ancient Iranian city of Bam in a matter of seconds. Bam, which traces its origins back to the...
EXCLUSIVE: Tehran Residents Hope for Regime Change in Run-Up to Nowruz
By Firoozeh Nordstrom
For Iranians, the month of March marks the arrival of spring and the celebration of the Persian New Year, Nowruz. Yet this year, countless Iranian families are mourning the Islamic Republic's brutal...
EXCLUSIVE: Mother of 16-Year-Old Killed in Protests Speaks to Kayhan Life
By Firouzeh Nordstrom
Soda Akramifard was a 16-year-old first-year graphic design student at an art academy. She lived in Marlik, Malard, in the province of northern Tehran. And on Jan. 9 -- when the Islamic...
EXCLUSIVE: Snipers Aimed at Protesters’ Heads in January Protests in Arak
By Firouzeh Nordstrom
As the Islamic Republic comes under an all-out U.S.-Israeli military attack -- with the weekend killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei -- eyewitness accounts are emerging on the horror and brutality of the...
