Published by the New York Times On March 1, Iranians went to the polls for the first time since the protest movement of 2022 and the war in Gaza. The vote, for the Parliament and Assembly of Experts, which appoints the supreme leader, was far from a referendum on current leaders, though. The big result …
Published by the Washington Post Arash Azizi, a professor of history at Clemson University, is author of “What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom.” This piece is adapted from an essay in the spring 2024 issue of Liberties, a journal of culture and politics. Iran today might be best known for two things: one of the …
Published by CNN Denis Villeneuve is busy these days. His film, “Dune: Part Two,” just opened in the US, with a $190 million budget, ensemble cast of stars and loyal following of the franchise. It’s already one of the most talked-about films of the season and won the No. 1 spot in its opening weekend with $81.5 million in domestic sales (CNN and the film’s …
انتشار در ایران‌وایر «ایران‌وایر» از سال گذشته، مجموعه جدیدی را آغاز کرد که تا همین حالا، به یکی از موثرترین ابزار آموزشی بدل شده است: «هولوکاست به روایت عکس»، یا «عکس‌هایی که هولوکاست را تعریف می‌کنند.» این نوشته به ما می‌گوید که یا می‌توان از طریق عکس، درباره فجایع هولوکاست آموخت؟ *** حقیقت هولوکاست، هم …
Published by the Atlantic Council Iran is set to hold elections for its parliament and its Assembly of Experts, the body tasked with supervising and picking the supreme leader, on March 1. But while the elections held under the Islamic Republic have never been free or fair, the 2024 elections are the most restricted polls …
Published by ISPI Online For the past quarter of a century, Iranians who demand sociopolitical change have often alternated between strategies of electoral participation and street protests. Closing of one avenue has often encouraged resorting to the other. We thus saw massive electoral participation of pro-change voters in parliamentary and presidential polls of 1997, 2000, 2001, …
Published by Spectator On Thursday, a 60-year-old Japanese crime boss appeared in a New York court to respond to charges that he helped traffic illicit material from Myanmar to Thailand. You might expect this to be a story about the Southeast Asian drug trade – it’s a vibrant business after all. In fact the supposed …
Published by the Wall Street Journal On Sept. 16, 2022, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in police custody in Tehran after being arrested for allegedly wearing an improper veil. Her death sparked a wave of protests across Iran, the latest in a series of uprisings that have challenged the country’s Islamist regime over the past 15 …
انتشار در ایران‌وایر ضربه سختی بر قامت جنبش مبارزه با استبداد ولادیمیر پوتین در روسیه فرود آمده است. کرملین اعلام کرد که الکسی ناوالنی، سرشناس‌ترین مخالف پوتین، مدت کوتاهی پس از پیاده‌روی در زندانی در منطقه قطب شمال روسیه که در آن به‌سر می‌برد از پا افتاده و در ۴۷ سالگی درگذشت. درس‌های زندگی ناوالنی …