Universities in Iran are an important battleground for people’s fight for emancipation. Student protests are a part of Iranian people’s huge fight for freedom and…
DNA Magazine
See DNA magazine, Australia’s best-selling magazine for gay men, on 2006’s Most Intriguing People by clicking here.
Iran: Three more bus workers’ union activists arrested
Three further activists of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs United Bus Company (Sherkat e Vahed) have been arrested today, 3 December, according…
Everyone is equal under the law oh, except those who prefer Sharia
EVERYONE IS EQUAL UNDER THE LAW OH, EXCEPT THOSE WHO PREFER SHARIA The BBC Radio 4 programme Law in Action this week claimed that it…
Women’s Right to Equality
See article in The Australian, which quotes my piece on the veil by clicking here. BTW, thanks for all the comments you have made here,…
Islamists’ slippery debates, US foreign policy towards Iran, Zahra Kamalfar and Mostafa Tabatabainejad
See TV International by clicking here. In this week’s programme, I interview: Fariborz Pooya on Islamists’ slippery debates on rights and choice in the west…
Mansoor Ossanlou re-arrested
PRESS RELEASE 19 November 2006 At 8am today (local time), Mansoor Ossanlou, President of the Union of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (“Sherkat…
7 women at risk of stoning
7 women are at risk of imminent execution by stoning in Iran. Sign the petition against it by clicking here. This outrage has to be…
‘Beyond the Veil: Perspectives on Muslim Women in a Western Secular Context’
It is crucial to speak about the rights of ‘Muslim’ women, go beyond the issue of the veil, and talk about secularism, particularly in light…
Challenges to Zahra Kamalfar’s imminent deportation to Iran
Moments of resistance Latest Update from Farshad Hoseini, Executive Director of the International Federation of Iranian Refugees Today was a very important day in the…