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21 July 2022, Thursday / Published in Politics

Iran 2022: Do you hear the women’s outcry?

If I was asked to write Iran 101, or “Iran for beginners”, one of the features that I talk about first would probably be: “All women in Iran have to obey the Islamic dress code”. The Iranian Islamic Revolution embodied itself in the “Marg bar Amrika” ( مرگ بر آمریکا, Death to America) and the
20 October 2021, Wednesday / Published in Politics

A movie-like Iranian Agent Story

People who are not Iran watchers often get confused when Iranian soldiers are mentioned. In Iran, there are two armies. The first one is the “conventional” one, the Artesh. There is also Sepah Pasdaran, or the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC). It was established by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who did not trust the army from the time