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Iran’s erased women remembered

 A new exhibition by Soheila Sokhanvari celebrates Iranian freedom and womanhood
2023-02-01

Remember their names: The protesters executed by the Iranian authorities

 Four men have been executed following unjust show trials in Iran. Here's what we know about them
2023-01-11

Ramita Navai: No turning back from Iran’s women-led uprising

 The British-Iranian journalist and author of the award-winning City of Lies speaks about the growing protests in her homeland
2023-01-06

Tyrant of the year 2022: Ali Khamenei, Iran
2022-12-01

Women pay ultimate price for Iran protests

 As the world marks the tenth International Day of the Girl, young Iranian women are risking everything to stand up for their rights
2022-10-11

Iran shuts down internet after protests spiral over 22-year-old’s death

 Access to popular platforms such as Instagram and WhatsApp has been stopped following the death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the country's morality police
2022-09-22

Iranian society has been taken hostage, says exiled documentary film-maker

 Vahid Zarezade and Gelareh Kakavand have been forced to flee the country after being interrogated and beaten for their work highlighting conditions in Iran's prisons
2022-08-12

Iran enters the multiverse of madness

 The Iranian government is holding propaganda events while attempting to silence protests against corruption following a building collapse in Abadan
2022-06-01

Mehdi Rajabian’s Iran: where making music is a crime

 Musician's inclusion of women's voices in his last album has led to his arrest. Here he talks exclusively to Index on Censorship about the challenges
2020-09-17

Index denounces Iran’s Shah
2020-07-23

Iran: Satirical writer Kioomars Marzban is sentenced to 23 years in jail

 Kioomars Marzban, a 27-year-old satirical writer from Iran, was sentenced to 23 years and 3 months in prison. He was found guilty on five separate charges, given a two-year travel ban, and a two-year ban on publishing or using social media.
2019-08-29

Student reading list: The Iranian Revolution

 Forty years ago the rule of the last shah of Iran came to an end after millions of Iranians, from all social classes, took to the streets in protest
2019-02-11