17-year-old Meysam, whose family could not afford to pay his three million Toman tuition, decided to set fire to his school in protest to dropping out of school and in revenge for the school principal who had ...
With the spread of the coronavirus in most corners of Iran and its effects on the lives of the people, one of its most serious side effects is on the children’s education.
The Iranian state-run media is constantly talking about how the angry population, subjected to poverty, repression, and an uncontrolled pandemic by the regime, could rise up into “violent” nationwide protests and overthrow the mullahs without warning.
The mullahs in Iran have been oppressing women in law since they took power in 1979, with one major way being the compulsory veiling laws that 27 official agencies – including armed security forces - are tasked ...
Protests continued across Iran on Wednesday, August 12, with people from all different sectors of society and completely different complaints taking to the streets and demanding change.
Oil workers in several oil-rich provinces of Iran on Wednesday are on strike for a 14th consecutive day. Amid international sanctions and a restive society, the oil workers’ strike is a heavy blow to the Iranian regime ...
Human rights activist and lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has begun a hunger strike to protest “the injustice and illegal conditions that political detainees are subjected to in Iranian prisons”.
The governor of the Central Bank of Iran, Abdolnaser Hemmati, advocated for pre-selling oil to domestic buyers as the best way to address the government's budget deficit in a "healthy manner,” blaming U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil ...
This factsheet highlights key senior Iranian officials who the United States Department of Treasury has sanctioned for their complicity in severe violations of religious freedom. Two successive administrations have utilized the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act ...
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