Women Defy Leader’s Fatwa
Saturday, September 24, 2016 In September 2016, the US media reported the appointment of Sahar Nowrouzzadeh, an Iranian-American woman, as the Persian spokesperson for the US Department of State. Nowrouzzadeh had previously served as a...
Veteran reporter Safa Haeri passes away in exile
Monday, October 10, 2016
Muhammad Safa Haeri, professionally known only as Safa Haeri, has just passed away in exile in Paris, aged 79. He was one of the best-known members of a second generation of...
Conversation with a Girl from Kermanshah
October 10, 2016
On 19 December 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 66/170, declaring 11 October as the International Day of the Girl Child. The main objective of this resolution was to draw...
Children Living off Trash Bins
Monday, October 9, 2016
On 19 December 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 66/170, declaring 11 October as the International Day of the Girl Child. The main objective of this resolution was to...
Azar: I worry if I’ll be Able to Continue My Studies
Saturday, October 8, 2016
On 19 December 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 66/170, declaring 11 October as the International Day of the Girl Child. The main objective of this resolution was to...
Government Battles with IRGC’s financial Mafia Gradual decay of the “sacred regime” from within
September 29, 2016
Two major Iranian banks refused to work with companies affiliated with Khatam-al-Anbiya, the engineering wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) recently. Bank Mellat and Sepah Bank both cited international sanctions...
Government and Majlis at Odds with IRGC and Basij over Bill to Join UN...
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Two months after the government of President Hassan Rouhani introduced a bill to Majlis calling for Iran to sign and ratify the UN Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in...
Women Sleeping in Cardboard Boxes to be Sterilised
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
A proposal calling for the compulsory sterilisation of homeless women with drug addiction was introduced last year. The idea received negative reactions from the women’s rights activists and the Ministry of...
From Baghdad to Tirana, Mojahedin and Three Decades of Wandering Existence
Saturday, September 24, 2016
The departure of the remaining members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MKO) from Iraq brought to a close the final chapter in the group’s 30-year presence in Iran’s neighbouring...
Pari: Marriage Before 18 Adds Pressure to Life
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September 23, 2016 On 19 December 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 66/170, declaring 11 October as the International Day of the Girl Child. The...
