Tag: Iran

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Iranian Journalist: We Need to Turn Grief Into Resistance

Shekufe RanjbarFebruary 25, 2026

The situation in Iran feels like being trapped between two terrible options, knowing that neither the continuation of the current situation nor a war would offer any hope.

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A World Unsettled—Reckoning with 2025, Facing 2026

Editorial BoardJanuary 22, 2026

We have started the new year by extensively evaluating the latest world developments and our work in 2025 to better address the global environment we face this year.

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Nabard (Battle) metro station in Tehran woman waits disobeying the hijab rule.

Bodies in Revolt: The Everyday Resistance of Iranian Women to State Oppression

Gaia Guatri & Shekufe RanjbarMarch 26, 2025

The women of Iran are not waiting for permission to be free. They are already living their freedom in acts both grand and small, in whispered acts of rebellion and in bold, fearless steps into the public eye.

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An Iranian girl let her hair blow in wind as she shops in Tajrish shopping area in Tehran,Iran, April 27.2023.

Dancing Around a Fire: A Century of Revolutionary Imaginings in the Iranian Women’s Movement

Saba MemarMarch 12, 2024

In the article I explore the radical potentialities opened by the Iranian women’s imagination, which they articulated as part of their journey to discover alternative realities.