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Will Iran replace its presidency with a parliamentary system?

Thu 27 Feb 2020

On Aug. 15, 2019, Ezatollah Yusefiyan-Molla, the MP for the city of Amol, announced that 151 out of Iran’s 290 parliamentarians had signed a letter calling for the amendment of the constitution, whereby the country’s presidential system would be replaced with a parliamentary one. Yusefiyan-Molla then added that as Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had dismissed the idea, no discussions about this subject would take place until the end of the 10th Parliament.

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Coronavirus Could Break Iranian Society

Thu 27 Feb 2020

Picture the following sacred but unhygienic scene: Pilgrims from a dozen countries converge on one small city. They stay in cramped hotels, using communal toilets and eating meals together.

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Human Rights

Iran: No Justice for Bloody Crackdown

Tue 25 Feb 2020

Iranian authorities have failed to hold security forces accountable for excessive and unlawful use of lethal force in confronting large-scale protests that began on November 15, 2019, Human Rights Watch said today. Members of the United Nations Human Rights Council should take urgent action to address the brutal crackdown.

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A Jewish-Muslim Love Story in the Days of the Iranian Revolution

Fri 14 Feb 2020

True story of two people with different religions but same Iranian roots is the basis of a new work by a playwright who yearns to bring the culture of Iran to Israeli stages.

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Human Rights

Iran’s journalists – twofold victims of state lie about Ukrainian jet crash

Tue 11 Feb 2020

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) deplores the harassment of dozens of Iranian journalists, who have been interrogated, threatened, searched and forced to close social media accounts for daring to protest about the fact that they have been discredited as information sources because they reported a state lie as the truth.

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Human Rights

Letter to Swedish Foreign Minister about Iran and her response

Sun 09 Feb 2020

Condemn the Iranian government's behavior in dealing with the catastrophe of the plane crash and the recent demonstrations!

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Women

Civil activist Sepideh Gholian describes torture against women in Iran’s prisons

Sun 09 Feb 2020

In a series of tweets, civil activist Sepideh Gholian, by telling the story of several women imprisoned in Iran, revealed the torture and injustices carried out against women in Iranian prisons.

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Iran’s Freedom Is Not About Trump

Sat 01 Feb 2020

We can support the fight against an authoritarian government without signing on to the administration’s agenda.

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Iran: the unspoken battle to succeed Ayatollah Khamenei

Sat 25 Jan 2020

After the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, hardliners believe they have the upper hand

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Human Rights

Narges Mohammadi's message of condolences from inside Zanjan prison about the Ukrainian airplane crash

Tue 21 Jan 2020

I’m sitting in loneliness in a corner in prison when I hear the news of the killing of 176 Iranians who were traveling on a Ukrainian plane. With pain and disbelief, I think of how their families must be feeling. Imagining the mourning of a people who are still grappling with the repression they faced by their government less than two months ago pains my heart. I tell myself that the plane crash is an incident and that people will bear the pain and tragedy together in solidarity. I, too, will mourn with them in my own

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Articles

Will Iran replace its presidency with a parliamentary system?

Coronavirus Could Break Iranian Society

Iran: No Justice for Bloody Crackdown

A Jewish-Muslim Love Story in the Days of the Iranian Revolution

Iran’s journalists – twofold victims of state lie about Ukrainian jet crash

Letter to Swedish Foreign Minister about Iran and her response

Civil activist Sepideh Gholian describes torture against women in Iran’s prisons

Iran’s Freedom Is Not About Trump

Iran: the unspoken battle to succeed Ayatollah Khamenei

Narges Mohammadi's message of condolences from inside Zanjan prison about the Ukrainian airplane crash

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