By Pooya Stone
The November 2019 uprising in Iran has changed several factors in Iran’s political and social prospects. It is reported that regime crackdown on the protesters; over 1500 protesters have been killed, 4000 injured, and 12000 have been detained.
By Pooya Stone
Last week, worrying news leaked out of the prisons of Iran. From extortion of the families of those arrested in November, to preventing patients from being sent to health care in Shiban Prison in Ahvaz following the outbreak of the flu. Violations of prisoners’ rights continue in Iranian prisons.
By Jubin Katiraie
Eight months after the devastating flood that destroyed more than 25 of Iran’s provinces, Khuzestan Province has once again been flooded and completely paralyzed.
By Pooya Stone
Misogyny is the most important feature of the mullahs’ ruling system in Iran and the heart of Khomeini’s ideology. Therefore, Iranian women are subject to double exploitation. Now imagine how oppressed women prisoners will be in this system. The idea is shocking.
By Jubin Katiraie
On Friday, 20 December, the Iranian government announced that Tehran schools would be closed on Saturday and Sunday. The holiday was extended until the end of this week. The reason for the school closure was Tehran’s high air pollution.
By Pooya Stone
As President Hassan Rouhani was concluding his two-day visit to Japan, international media gave little indication that his meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had yielded any significant developments.
By Jubin Katiraie
Observers and experts in Iranian affairs say that one of the signs of recognizing the great impact of the Iranian people’s recent protests on the body of the entire regime can be seen in the disruption within the system. This disruption is often seen in the form of splits between the ruling factions.
By Pooya Stone
Since mid-November, the fuel price hikes have had severe impacts on various segments of Iran’s population. The government initially announced that it pursues to aid low-income and poor people.
By Pooya Stone
The widespread and persistent economic corruption in a country is due to the entire government’s structure and not a few executives in the government. A corrupt economic structure is primarily due to political corruption in a dictatorship that allows corruption throughout society.
By Jubin Katiraie
Not a day goes by in Iran without news about the death of, and injury to, workers in workplace accidents. For this regime, the lives of workers are an irrelevant issue. The regime’s inaction in this regard has always made Iran one of the world’s record-holders in workplace accidents.
