by Lily Mafi — 29November2022 It was on the night of the winter solstice, a night widely celebrated by Iranians as “Yalda” or “Shab-e Chelleh” when Soheil Banejshafie and his fellow Iranian students in Luxembourg launched their first event together as the Iranian Student Association of Luxembourg. “We had two…

by Lily Mafi — 15November2022 In an unprecedented act, renowned social psychologist and current President of Yale University, Peter Salovey, issued a statement on November 9th, 2022 condemning the violence perpetrated in the ongoing protests in Iran. Salovey’s message is a direct response to a petition signed by 500 Yale…

by Farzad Seifikaran — 26October2022 Mohammad Eqbal was a construction worker who didn’t have enough money to take a cab to Friday prayer, forcing him to walk twelve kilometers from his house to the mosque. That’s when he was killed by a bullet that hit him from behind. On the…

by Farzad Seifikaran — 21October2022 On the night of October 15th, a fire broke out in Evin prison. Its cause and scale are still unknown. A group of the prisoners’ family members were gathered outside of the prison when an explosion was heard around 8:30pm (in some sources 9pm), followed…

by Lily Mafi — 19October2022 Elnaz Rekabi, the Iranian sports climber who represented Iran at the IFSC Asian Climbing Championship finals in South Korea without the mandatory hijab returned to Iran in the early hours on October 19th. Videos shared online showed jubilant crowds cheering “Hero, hero!” as they impatiently…

by Lily Mafi — 18October2022 Sunday the 16th of October marked one month into the nationwide anti-government protests in Iran. Since September 16th, Iranians have taken to the streets to protest the government murder of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini, the 22 year old Kurdish woman from Saqqez. Zhina died in the…

by Farzad Seifikaran — 15October2022 “Behnam was lying wounded on the ground, and one of the officers was standing over him with a gun not letting anyone help him.” Behnam Layeghpour, a young man from Rasht, is another victim of the Iran protests. He planned to marry his girlfriend, Ghazal…

by Farzad Seifikaran — 11October2022 “Personally, if I see even one symbolic protest in Babol, I will support it. Damn, just once.” This is one of the last tweets of Mohammad Hassan Torkamaan on his Twitter account, which he wrote in response to the protests against the government killing of…

by Zamaneh Media — 11October2022 Protests against the government murder of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini continue amidst a brutal crackdown against protestors, which has resulted in an ongoing series of arrests, police brutality and the killing of numerous protesters. The protests entered their 23rd day this past Monday, October 10th. Protests…