Tag: Forbidden Freedom

The remote area in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province has now become well known for its increased suicide rate for female domestic violence victims, most notably for the method chosen, which is self-immolation or setting oneself on fire.

The Iranian Writers’ Association (IWA) has condemned the detention of a poet and translator, Milad Jannat, and demanded the release of all other political and ideological prisoners in the clergy-dominated Iran.

Imprisoned teachers’ rights activist Esmail Abdi, who has been serving a six-year prison sentence since 2016 for his peaceful teachers’ rights activism, is facing additional years in prison with the enforcement of a suspended sentence issued a decade ago.

Referring to continued suppression of freedom of expression in the Islamic Republic, more than 300 Iranian writers, artists, academics, civil society activists, and journalists have warned that blocking all sorts of criticism and questioning the regime’s performance will lead to a “social collapse”.

The destruction of Iran’s ecosystem by the Iranian regime is nothing new, as in the past weeks we have witnessed the burning of a wide area of Iran’s forests and the neglect of the regime.

Iranian security forces on Monday arrested the founder of an influential student charity organization and two of his aides, and sealed the group’s offices in Tehran, a local news website reported.