Jailed, For Her Reportage
Niloufar Hamedi, the journalist who triggered the Anti-Hijab Movement in Iran by clicking photos of Mahsa Amini in the third week of September 2022, is currently in a prison. It […]
In Solidarity With Their Sisters
The death of 22-year-old Mahsha Amini in police custody on September 16, 2022 has ignited a firestorm of anger among the Iranians. Protests have erupted in every corner of the […]
From Russia, Through Azerbaijan
Iran is all set to import gas from Russia through neighbouring Azerbaijan. Tehran and the Kremlin signed an important agreement a couple of months ago under which the West Asian […]
Tirana’s Tiff With Tehran
Albania, the Muslim-majority country in southern Europe and a NATO member, announced on September 7, 2022 that it snapped diplomatic ties with Iran. As Edi Rama, the Prime Minister of […]
Iran’s ‘George Floyd’ Movement
She came out from her residence, without wearing a proper hijab. Hence, the Guidance Patrol of the Islamic Republic of Iran, a special Police squad in charge of public implementation […]
After Two Years…
Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian Major General, was killed by a US drone strike at Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020. The drone had targeted Soleimani while he was on […]
Satanic
The author and one of the Midnight’s Children was attacked while he was delivering speech at a literary event in New York on August 12, 2022. Salman Rushdie, the 75-year-old […]
The ‘Deal’ Gone Bad
US President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was all set to revive the Iran nuclear deal. However, an Iranian effort to kidnap Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American critic of the Tehran regime, […]
Not Just Films
Noted Iranian film director, screenwriter and film editor Jafar Panâhi (b. July 11, 1960), commonly associated with the Iranian New Wave Film Movement, once reportedly said that he “can’t do […]
