Tag: Iran
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Iran: Regime Change or Leader Change
Iran is once again in turmoil. Street uprisings have shaken the very foundations of the clerical regime, and its apparatus of repression is brutally killing unarmed demonstrators. The current movement … Keep reading »
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Supporting the Iranian People’s Struggle for Their Rights: Moving Toward Real Freedom and Equality, Not a Return to the Past
Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company Popular protests and strikes in cities across the country have now entered their eleventh day. Despite an increasingly securitized atmosphere, the … Keep reading »
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The Islamic Republic of Iran, Anti-Imperialism, and the Left
The Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) pursued an anti-US foreign policy, largely compelled by the anti-imperialist climate generated by the 1979 Revolution, while simultaneously supporting the Palestinian cause from an … Keep reading »
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Iran’s Response to the Israeli-US Invasion: Dilemmas for Progressive Responses in Iran and the Region
Not many saw it coming. In just 12 days, the Middle East was once again plunged into a catastrophic war – from Israel’s massive surprise invasion of Iran, to the … Keep reading »
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Iran’s New President: Another Islamist and More of the Same
Following the mysterious helicopter crash on May 20th that killed Ibrahim Raisi, the president of Iran’s Islamic regime, a hasty presidential election was put together. Raisi, a hardline “Principlist” cleric, … Keep reading »
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Sharifeh Mohammadi: Iranian Labour, Civil Rights Activist, Sentenced To Death
Sharifeh Mohammadi, a labour and civil rights activist, was put on trial by the first branch of the Rasht Revolutionary Court and sentenced to death without going through any transparent … Keep reading »
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In Iran Another Farcical Vote Takes Place
A boycott results in the lowest voter turnout since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Keep reading »
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Workers’ Organizations and ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’: A Bottom-Up Solidarity in Making
On February 15th, twenty workers’ unions, feminists, students, and one human rights organization in Iran published the Charter of Minimum Demands of Independent Civil and Trade Unions of Iran, the … Keep reading »
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Iran: A Post-Islamist Society Revolts Against an Islamist State
Zan, Zendegi, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom) is the motto of Iran’s most recent democratic social movement, which sparked after the death in detention of Zhina Mahsa Amini by so-called Iran’s … Keep reading »
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Western Efforts to Interfere in Iran’s Civil Uprising
Over the past three months, the news media have focused on the recent protests in Iran. We are writing this essay in order to draw attention to the current risks … Keep reading »
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Iran: Secular Revolt against Clerical Tyranny
The Islamic regime in Iran is occupied with the brutal crackdown of the latest uprising of Iranians, who are fed up with 43 years of repression and are demanding change. … Keep reading »
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Back to Year Zero of the 1979 Iranian Revolution: The ‘Women, Life, Freedom’ Revolt
The time seems to be ripe for the women and the Kurds to write the last year of the Islamic State’s history through rewriting the year Zero of the Revolution. … Keep reading »