Emerging from Covid, a prominent Iranian photographer documents the working-class as the country reels under sanctions.
1 MAY 2023 • By Peyman Hooshmandzadeh
Clive Bell reviews the latest graphic novel from Mana Neyestani on the hardships of being a Kurdish porter.
1 MAY 2023 • By Clive Bell
An Athens native returns to Greece after a 20-year sojourn across the Mediterranean and Middle East, covering turmoil...
5 MARCH 2023 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Kamin Mohammadi (no relation) has read Narges Mohammadi's new book, even as the author sits in Evin Prison,...
13 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Kamin Mohammadi
A journalist in Tehran walks defiantly without covering her hair through one of the city's busiest thoroughfares.
30 JANUARY 2023 • By TMR
Rana Asfour has selected four contemporary novels of Iranian literature for this special issue on Iran in TMR...
30 JANUARY 2023 • By Rana Asfour
Malu Halasa reports on the myriad ways Iranians circumvent Iran's heavy-handed media to get their news.
15 DECEMBER 2022 • By Malu Halasa
Author and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi must be released by Iranian authorities immediately.
15 DECEMBER 2022 • By
Malu Halasa and Beehype on the latest hit parade of protest songs for Iranian freedom.
15 DECEMBER 2022 • By Rana Asfour
Critic Clive Bell reviews the latest feature from one of several Iranian filmmakers who languish in prison.
15 DECEMBER 2022 • By Aimee Dassa Kligman
THE JANUARY BOOKGROUP SELECTION IS is Out of Mesopotamia, by Salar Abdoh (no bookgroup meeting in December). The discussion...
28 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Biswajit Sengupta
Mireille Rebeiz objects to geopolitical hypocrisy when it comes to migrants and workers' rights, and supports the upcoming...
28 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Mireille Rebeiz