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Indigenous women challenge Islamist oppression, call for cross-community solidarity
Beyond their shared experiences of oppression and Islamist colonial occupation, the speakers also expressed concern about what they saw as a growing trend of Western women supporting regimes.
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How Iran’s Khomeinist Left reinvented itself as the ‘Reformist’ hard core of power - opinion
Post-1979, the Khomeinist Left emerged as a violent, ideologically rigid force blending religious zealotry with leftist ideology. They were the direct executors of state repression.
At the UN, gifts are never just gifts - they are influence - opinion
Jonathan Harounoff, the former spokesman for Israel’s mission to the UN, takes readers behind the scenes at the global forum
'The Islamic Republic is already dead': A journalist's view from Iran - interview
Iran’s regime still holds power, but journalist Negar Mojtahedi says its grip on the Iranian people is already breaking
Hezbollah’s use of cluster munitions against Israel may be war crime, HRW says in rare condemnation
“Not only are [cluster munitions] inherently indiscriminate, but unexploded submunitions can kill and injure civilians long after hostilities conclude.”
Iranian-American Jew Kamran Hekmati released from Tehran's Evin Prison, must stay in Iran - report
Iranian authorities have not issued an official statement confirming his release or detailing the conditions under which he was freed.
Iran's response to US attacks will be 'faster, heavier, more painful,' Ghalibaf says
"From now on, any attack against Iran’s interests and security will receive a faster, heavier, and more painful response,” Ghalibaf said in a speech published on his Telegram channel.
Son of Iran's former vice president received over $2 million in Canadian gov't contracts - report
The report cited the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), which claimed that the man “admitted to active participation in procurement activities that benefited the Iranian military."
Fighting two cancers: Amir Heshmatpour’s battle against brain tumors and Iran’s regime - interview
A Persian entrepreneur with a Jewish wife, a breakthrough brain-cancer drug, and a mission against Tehran. NeOnc's Amir Heshmatpour, in his own words.
Car hits pro-government gathering in Mashhad, Iran, killing at least four, injuring at least 10
"The driver of the car is a man of about 35 years old and has a conditional license, with medical restrictions," said an unnamed traffic official in a Mizan report.
Iranians protesting unfair employment, economy brutalized by security forces, rights group says
The Human Rights Activists’ News Agency reported that young protesters began demonstrating over allegations of unethical hiring practices at the Lishtar refinery project.
