There is no way Masoumeh Ebtekar, or “Screaming Mary” as she was known, should be allowed to enter or remain in the United States. She was the “spokesperson for the students who stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979
Potable Water Bankruptcy as Environmental Crisis
Water is the foundational resource on which human survival, economic stability, and geopolitical security rest.
The Stationery Shop – by Marjan Kamali
“The Stationery Shop” is a sweet, overly sentimental story of a woman’s life journey from heartbreak in Iran to ultimate consolation in America.
Roya Khanom, a 17 year old high school senior in Tehran, meets Bahman Aslan at the Stationery
Iranian Single Women Can Adopt
From Tehran:TEHRAN – The director of children and adolescence office at the Welfare Organization has announced that a regulation is being introduced that would allow single women over 30 to adopt girls. Read more here.MR
Britain Closes Its Embassy in Tehran and Orders Iran to Close Its Embassy in London
The United Kingdom announced today that it had closed its embassy in Tehran and withdrawn all of its diplomats. It also ordered Iran to close its embassy in London within 48 hours. The closing of the British embassy and the order to
Scholars at Risk Welcomes Release of Chinese Artist and Iranian Scholar
Scholars at Risk welcomed the release of two public intellectuals: Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who was released from detention on June 22nd; and Iranian scholar Emadeddin Baghi, who was released from Evin Prison in Tehran on June 20th.
Rezazadeh on Social Capital in Revitalization of Dilapidated Neighborhoods
Razieh Rezazadeh (Iran U. of Science & Technology–Architecture & Urban Planning) has posted Application of Social Capital in Revitalization of Dilapidated Neighborhoods: The Case of Saboonpaz-Khaneh in Tehran, from OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 1, No. 10
Scholars at Risk Calls for an Investigation of an Apparent Murder of a Professor in Iran
We received the following press release from Scholars at Risk:Scholars at Risk is deeply concerned about the apparent murder of Dr. Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, a professor of physics at Tehran University in Iran. Although complete information is not available,