Natalie Portman has declined the award of the annual Genesis Foundation Prize in Jerusalem on the grounds that she is distressed by recent events. The Academy
Arya Marvazy is only two years into his journey as an openly gay Persian man but he’s already working with other Queer Persians to change
This research article is the final of a 5 part series intended to explore the living story of a community and its members (the Baha’is
Head of Iranian Parliament’s Women’s Faction reports that their faction has been investigating the protests against compulsory hijab in Iran that started as of December
Anyone who truly believes that Donald Trump cares about human rights in Syria or Iran is naïve at best, or flat-out lying to you. This
It is unlikely that former US President George W. Bush or any member of his administration will ever stand trial for initiating a war of
The US State Department granted a visa to a man in Iran hoping to donate bone marrow to his US citizen brother with blood cancer,
This research article – which is the 4th of 5 separate parts to be published – is intended to explore the living story of a
When I was a teenager in the 1960s growing up in Tehran, Hollywood had not yet monopolized stardom. We had a number of European stars
This research article – which is the 3rd of 5 separate parts to be published – is intended to explore the living story of a
In the lead-up to March 8, I am sometimes asked whether we really still need an International Women’s Day (IWD). Though my greatest hope is to
This research article – which is the 2nd of 5 separate parts to be published – is intended to explore the living story of a
“From the moment I left the house till I reached the platform, it was as if my heart was beating in my mouth. It was
Updates on the future of Karan Vafadari and his wife Afarin Neyssari have been infrequent and grim, but a recent letter written by Karan outlines
Protests against Iran’s mandatory hijab law – which requires all women to wear it in public – have sprung up across Iran in the first few weeks
Kurdish-Iranian filmmaker Keywan Karimi has made a name for himself with his radical films, but he’s paid the price for it. In a report for
Monday 29 January marked the 1000th day Iranian lawyer Narges Mohammadi spent in detention in Iran. A prominent human rights defender, Mohammadi was sentenced twice
Artwork by Daniel Patrick Medina.
A spate of defiant Iranian women have taken to the streets of Tehran to protest against compulsory veiling. Photos of their demonstrations have been widely
Iranian-American Baquer Namazi, held in an Iranian prison for nearly two years, was released for four days due to poor health. His son, Babak, talks
A statement by student associations across Iran has denounced the tighter grip the regime has increasingly wielded over universities and other independent institutions in recent
According to reports by the Committee on the Rights of the Detained, a 22 year old held in the quarantine ward of Evin prison in
The administration is expected to enlist military attaches and diplomats to push American-made weapons to foreign governments, as well as loosening trade restrictions Accusing the
Iranian authorities should refrain from using excessive force, investigate the deaths during the current protests across the country, and remove arbitrary restrictions on internet access, Human
Observers condemn violence while also demanding that neither the U.S. government, “nor others in the region or beyond, undermine the safety of the Iranian people
