On 8 July, Abbas Kirostami’s body arrived in Tehran from Paris; a crowd of Iranian film directors, actors, actresses and other artists were in Tehran airport to pay their respects. Abbas Kiarostami’s body in Tehran airport with his signature on the coffin Kiarostami, a director whose films served a ...

Images of spectators participating in the third week of the world volleyball championships in Tehran revealed a number of women inside the stadium. Women spectators participating in the world volleyball championships in Tehran, July 2016 In the past years Islamic Republic official have barred Irania...

Award-Wi ing Iranian Filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami Dies Cartoon by: Assad Binakhahi

On July 2nd a university student stood up to Islamic Republic’s leader and raised his voice in form of a question about Khamenei’s stance towards the eight year house arrest of the leaders of the 2009 Green Movement. Cartoon by Assad Binakhahi Read more: Iran Leader: I am sensitive towards 2009 “eve...

Labour activist Jafar Azimzadeh whose hunger strike has made headlines is summoned back to court only three days after being released from the hospital he was being kept at as a prisoner. Iranian political prisoner Jafar Azimzadeh right after release and ending his 62-day hunger strike His grave hea...

Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) has said that he is sensitive towards the year 2009 events. He used the term events to avoid using the term protests. The leader of IRI is referring to the 2009 post-election protests collectively known as the Green Movement of Iran in w...

Over sixty days into a hunger strike, jailed labour activist Jafar Azimzadeh is reportedly in grave health condition and Iranian judiciary’s lack of attention to his situation has triggered a wave of conce in social media. Meanwhile a rally call has been issued to join a protest on July 1 at 10 am i...

Undercover morality police will be engaged in Gilan-Iran for the “establishment of a more spiritual atmosphere in the province’s beaches and preservation of moral values” under a new plan called “Pure Gilan”, officials of the northe Iranian province a ounced. gender segregated swimming area in Iran ...

Two generation Z Iranians have been arrested in the northeaste city of Mashhad for organising a youth gathering near a shopping centre. The call for a meeting was organised using Telegram, a cloud-based instant messaging service that has become popular in Iran in the past two years. The gathering wa...

By Reza Jozani The Night of Decree is in Islamic belief the night when the verses of the Quran were revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Shiite Iranians gather in mosques on this night (and two more days near this date), they put the Quran to their heads and they pray. It is commonly believed t...

19 Iranian soldiers were killed in a bus accident on June 22. Their death shocked Iranians who are already critical of the compulsory military service in Iran for men. The bus was carrying 36 army conscripts, 19 died, the rest are in hospital some in critical condition. Cartoon by Assad Binakhahi Le...

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Dancing at a university event precipitated the suspension of a group of students at University of Sistan and Baluchistan last week. A video circulated social media and various sites last week showing a number of students dancing on stage at a University of Sistan and Baluchistan event. The clip also...

Promotion of feminism was equated by Iran’s Deputy of Women’s Social and Cultural Council, with a call to murder of babies. Mehrangiz Rouhafza This week Mehrangiz Rouhafza was quoted as saying: “Those who promote feminism are advocating the cause of pro-abortion groups which in other words is a prom...

50 Kilos of Tart Cherries was pulled from cinemas across the country after Tabas Friday prayers Imam spoke out against the screening insisting that the film is “destroying revolutionary values”. The criticism of the senior member of the clergy resulted in the withdrawal of the film’s screening permi...

Mohammad Sedigh Kaboodvand jailed Iranian jou alist and activist is approaching 30 days on hunger strike and doctors have been trying to prevent him from going into cardiac arrest. His potassium levels dropping to dangerously low levels. Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported on that de...

Hoodfar, a professor of anthropology at Concordia University in Montreal-Canada, was arrested and detained in Iran on 6 June 2016. This is her second arrest. She was also arrested in March and released shortly. During the first arrest her passport was taken from her and she was ba ed from leaving Ir...

Hoodfar, a professor of anthropology at Concordia University in Montreal-Canada, was arrested and detained in Iran on 6 June 2016. This is her second arrest. She was also arrested in March and released shortly. During the first arrest her passport was taken from her and she was ba ed from leaving Ir...

Mohammad Sedigh Kaboodvand jailed Iranian jou alist and activist is approaching 30 days on hunger strike and doctors have been trying to prevent him from going into cardiac arrest. His potassium levels dropping to dangerously low levels. Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported on that de...

50 Kilos of Tart Cherries was pulled from cinemas across the country after Tabas Friday prayers Imam spoke out against the screening insisting that the film is “destroying revolutionary values”. The criticism of the senior member of the clergy resulted in the withdrawal of the film’s screening permi...