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Iran on the Move—Photos by Peyman Hooshmandzadeh

Iran on the Move—Photos by Peyman Hooshmandzadeh

Emerging from Covid, a prominent Iranian photographer documents the working-class as the country reels under sanctions.

MAY 1, 2023 • By Peyman Hooshmandzadeh
TMR Conversations: Mana Neyestani, Graphic Novelist

TMR Conversations: Mana Neyestani, Graphic Novelist

Malu Halasa interviews the Iranian graphic novelist who like Marjane Satrapi has made France his home as a...

MAY 1, 2023 • By Malu Halasa
Seven Winters in Tehran and the Execution of Reyhaneh Jabbari

Seven Winters in Tehran and the Execution of Reyhaneh Jabbari

Malu Halasa talks to the director of a new documentary exposing the cruelty of Iran's Islamic regime.

APRIL 10, 2023 • By Malu Halasa
Nazanin Pouyandeh

Nazanin Pouyandeh

The featured artist for March is Franco-Iranian painter Nazanin Pouyandeh, whose rich figurative paintings are showing in two...

MARCH 5, 2023 • By TMR
Letters From Tehran: Braving Tehran’s Roundabout, Maidan Valiasr

Letters From Tehran: Braving Tehran’s Roundabout, Maidan Valiasr

A journalist in Tehran walks defiantly without covering her hair through one of the city's busiest thoroughfares.

JANUARY 30, 2023 • By TMR
Editor’s Picks: Magical Realism in Iranian Lit

Editor’s Picks: Magical Realism in Iranian Lit

Rana Asfour has selected four contemporary novels of Iranian literature for this special issue on Iran in TMR...

JANUARY 30, 2023 • By Rana Asfour
Siri Hustvedt & Ahdaf Souief Write Letters to Imprisoned Writer Narges Mohammadi

Siri Hustvedt & Ahdaf Souief Write Letters to Imprisoned Writer Narges Mohammadi

Author and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi must be released by Iranian authorities immediately.

DECEMBER 15, 2022 • By
Revolutionary Hit Parade: 12+1 Protest Songs from Iran

Revolutionary Hit Parade: 12+1 Protest Songs from Iran

Malu Halasa and Beehype on the latest hit parade of protest songs for Iranian freedom.

DECEMBER 15, 2022 • By Rana Asfour
Music for Tomorrow: Iranians Yearn for Freedom

Music for Tomorrow: Iranians Yearn for Freedom

Nazanin Malekan vibes with the women's revolution in Iran via her love for music and poetry, both Persian...

DECEMBER 15, 2022 • By Nazanin Malekan
Letter From Tehran: From Hair to Hugs, Times Are Changing

Letter From Tehran: From Hair to Hugs, Times Are Changing

One of Iran's contemporary writers shares his thoughts with a friend in the west about the direction the...

NOVEMBER 28, 2022 • By
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