Iran

An Iranian shadow network, or a mirage?

An investigation by one of Switzerland’s leading newspapers raises as many questions as it answers The daughter of a former candidate for the Iranian presidency, and student at one of...

Tehran: The price of now; spiralling inflation and currency collapse

The price of yesterday's bread is already a distant memory. Explore the dark humor and quiet desperation of a trapped society watching its currency endlessly collapse....

Legacies of Solitude from Persian Women

Amid Iran’s current turmoil, an essayist remembers two women in history, in an intimate reading of how their solitude birthed future movements of resistance In a moment when Iranian women...

The Body As A Battlefield

In Iran, one woman’s final act of defiance exposed the violence of erasure and the radical power of being seen. Self-immolation is among the most harrowing forms of political resistance,...

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