Iranian Police Study: Shame Officers Who Take Bribes on TV
Iranwire - Wherever power or wealth accumulates without adequate checks or accountability, corruption becomes a near-inevitable outcome. In Iran almost…
Culture
New Details Emerge on Shock Arrest of Baha’i Designer
Iranwire - On Wednesday, September 1, Arsalan Yazdani, a Baha'i citizen living in Tehran, was arrested by security agents and…
Iranian Artists Blast ‘Illiterate Stalinist’ New Minister of Culture
Iranwire - On Wednesday, August 25, the Iranian parliament gave its vote of confidence to Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili, President Ebrahim…
The Arts and Human Rights: Introducing the “Sweet Destiny” Album and Film
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Pioneering Iranian alternative rock band, Kiosk have released a new musical film and album titled…
Iran’s art community fears ‘Stalin era’ under Raisi
Al-Monitor - Iran "is no Stalin-era Soviet Union," read a statement issued by Iran's National Union of Theater Directors, addressing Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili, the…
Musician Marjan Farsad’s New Song Pays Tribute to Iranian Political Prisoners
CHRI – Iranian American musician and songwriter Marjan Farsad released a new song today about political prisoners in Iran, a country where…
Trans-Iranian Railway Added To UNESCO’s World Heritage List
RFL/RE - UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has inscribed the Trans-Iranian Railway onto its World Heritage List. The committee announced on…
The Islamic Republic’s Assassin of Intellectuals Now Languishes in Prison
Iranwire - The story Manuscripts Do Not Burn, by Mohammad Rasulov, begins with a murder by Khosro, a low-ranking employee of…
Playwrights and Directors Protest Absurd and Inhumane Censorship
Iranwire - Censorship became a fact of life for art and culture in Iran with the 1979 Islamic Revolution and…
Weekly Review of Censorship: Filmmakers who Criticized China Deal Threatened with Blacklisting
Iranwire - Eighteen Iranian filmmakers who criticized the recent 25-year cooperation agreement between Iran and China have been told to…