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Iranian Intellectuals Break Taboos Concerning Bahais, Israel 25 Jul 2013 | 05:28 am
Mohammad Nourizad and Mohsen Makhmalbaf are both filmmakers. Both were active supporters of the Iranian regime but later turned against the regime and became ardent advocates of human rights. Now th...
Analyses of 2013 Iranian Presidential Election 25 Jul 2013 | 05:17 am
Persian and English-language analyses which have attempted to comprehend these events have ranged from a dismissal of the election process as a completely engineered one to uncritical support for the ...
Whither the Iranian Democratic Opposition? 6 Jun 2013 | 08:30 am
Although the recent disqualification of two candidates Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei from the election, is very significant and further reveals the intense power struggles withi...
New Blog Address 13 Sep 2012 | 01:20 am
This blog has moved to a new address. Please go to http://www.iranianprogressives.org/
New Persian Translation of Marx's Capital and the Iranian Economy 12 Jun 2012 | 09:56 am
This paper examines the new features of Hassan Mortazavi’s new translation of Marx’s Capital Volume 1 and the responses which it has received inside Iran. I argue that what led to this translation was...
Asghar Farhadi’s Films Raise Questions about Man-Woman Relationships & Class 21 Feb 2012 | 11:15 am
The Oscar nomination of “A Separation” for best foreign-language film and best original screenplay, has drawn much attention to Asghar Farhadi as a writer and director. As The Hollywood Reporter wrote...
Progressives Inside Iran Respond to Occupy Wall Street Movement 10 Jan 2012 | 08:10 pm
Translator’s Note: During the past few months, progressives inside Iran have taken advantage of the Iranian government’s anti-Wall Street rhetoric to hold several forums to discuss the significance of...
Free Faranak Farid: Azeri Feminist Speaks of Plight of Azeri Women in Iran 13 Sep 2011 | 07:47 am
On September 3, Faranak Farid, an Azeri feminist, writer, poet, translator and secretary of the First Azerbaijan Women’s Congress was arrested in Tabriz. Since then, she has been interrogated for long...
The State of Labor in Iran’s Oil and Petrochemical Industry 8 Jun 2011 | 07:48 am
Translator’s note: On May 24, a massive explosion and fire at a newly inaugurated oil refinery in Abadan led to the deaths and injuries of an unknown number of workers. The explosion, caused by techni...
Thoughts on the Plan for Targeted Monetary Subsidies 8 Jun 2011 | 07:34 am
Translator’s note: Last March, The Tehran-based Center for the Defense of Labor Rights held a roundtable at which various left-wing Iranian economists and labor activists commented on the Plan for Tar...
