by Tehran Bureau and Zamaneh Media — 17May2023 To develop Iran’s most historic oil field, the Iranian government paid millions of U.S. dollars to a network of state-linked Chinese businesses with shell companies in Cyprus, a notorious tax haven and money laundering destination. …

by Tehran Bureau and Zamaneh Media — 6May2023 The two main companies responsible for China’s oil & gas activities are the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and Sinopec. Both of these are large energy concerns owned by the Chinese state, with hundreds of subsidiaries around the world. …

by Tehran Bureau and Zamaneh Media — 4May2023 The two main companies responsible for China’s oil & gas activities are the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and SINOPEC. Both of these are large energy concerns owned by the Chinese state, with hundreds of subsidiaries around the world. Their subsidiaries have…

by Tehran Bureau and Zamaneh Media — 2May2023 Chinese companies have been gaining exclusive access to some of Iran’s most productive oil & gas fields for the past two decades, despite limited efficiency at developing new projects, and to the long-term detriment of Iran’s ability to profit from its own…

by Hamid Mafi — 1May 2023 As part of Zamaneh’s workers’ report series, this special report titled “Zamaneh’s Special Report: The Sukhtbars in Baluchestan” focuses on sukhtbars, or fuel carriers. In other words, it addresses the exploitation of Iranians to the east rather than kulbars, or border porters, in Kurdistan…

by Farzad Seifikaran — 29April2023 The locks of two girls, not hidden under the fabric of mandatory hijabs, were free under the fading rays of the Spring sun, shining. And a police officer, standing with arms crossed behind his back, witnessing the girls besotted. Everything is alive and ordinary, a…

by Naeimeh Doustdar — 27April2023 For years, Iranians have had their visa requests denied for different reasons. …

by Milad Poureisa — 8April2023 Seven prominent lecturers of the Tehran University of Art sculpture department have been banned from teaching at this university. …

by Lily Mafi — 6April2023 Sānsūr was born out of a shared vision to amplify the voices of women in Iran. …