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23 Feb 2023 1 minute read

Before Iran, the Kurdish feminist revolution

Rahila Gupta examines the precursor to Iran’s ‘first feminist revolution in the world’: a Kurdish feminist...

Smuggling is necessary but dangerous work for these Kurdish boys. Many are killed every year by Iranian border patrols. Rahman Hassani/Alamy

12 Jul 2020 2 minute read

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Shoot first

Iran’s Kurds are suffering in silence. But for how much longer?

12 Jul 2020 4 minute read

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Turkey ramps up war on Kurds in Northern Iraq

Turkish airstrikes in Northern Iraq are nothing new, but the recent co-ordinated air and ground assault is unprecedented,...

15 Jun 2020 4 minute read

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Iranian child rights activists seek asylum abroad

Veronique Mistiaen speaks to an Iranian human rights activist currently in hiding.

3 Oct 2018 2 minute read

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Mixed media: Film

Tehran Taboo written and directed by Ali Soozandeh;
The Heiresses (Las Herederas) written and...

14 Jun 2018 5 minute read

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Iran’s youth fear future after Trump abandons nuclear deal

US foreign policy continues to subjugate the nation’s youth, Daniel Khalili-Tari writes.

31 Mar 2018 1 minute read

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Iranian Women protest the veil

On 27 December 2017, 31-year-old Vida Movahed removed her headscarf, tied it to a stick and stood atop a telecoms box on...

7 Mar 2018 4 minute read

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A decade of resistance behind Iranian bars

Soudeh Alikhani writes on the 10th anniversary of the women’s rights activist Zeinab Jalalian’s arrest – on...

1 Jul 2016 1 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Open Window July 2016

This month's guest cartoonist is Payam Boromand from Iran.

1 Mar 2016 1 minute read

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A volley of protest in Iran

Human Rights Watch has thrown its weight behind a challenge to Iran’s ban on women watching volleyball matches. Kelsi...

1 Mar 2016 5 minute read

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What the Saudi leaks tell us: An interview with Julian Assange

Since June 2015 WikiLeaks has been releasing details of leaked cables and other documents from within the Saudi Foreign...

5 Jan 2016 6 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

The face behind the PKK story

Every journalist who's visited the PKK's mountain stronghold in recent years knows Zagros Hiwa, reports Karlos...

1 Jul 2015 3 minute read

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Making waves: Masih Alinejad

Exiled Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad is using social media to challenge Iran’s compulsory hijab law. Lucinda Homa...

17 Jun 2015 4 minute read

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Facebook is the enemy

Mojtaba Alef on Iran’s continuing internet censorship.

12 Mar 2015 1 minute read

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Breed or else! Iran’s ultimatum to women

What is Iran doing – trying to force women to have children? asks Vanessa Baird.

2 Mar 2014 3 minute read

This article is more than nine years old.

Country Profile: Iran

There is much more to Iran than the Western world's image of it as a progenitor of terrorist outrages, says Mischa...

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