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Radiozamaneh – Born in Istanbul, Neslihan Arol completed Film and Drama Master’s Programme at Kadir Has University in Istanbul with practice-based research on clowning from a feminist perspective. For this research, she created “The Perfect Woman”, a solo clown performance that she developed further during her PhD years. She went on to perform “The Perfect Woman” in the “Clownin” an …

CHRI – Eight months after she was arrested for peacefully protesting Iran’s compulsory hijab law, Vida Movahedi was released from prison on May 26, 2019, her lawyer announced. “According to judicial authorities, the reduction of her punishment has been approved and she has been granted furlough,” attorney Payam Derafshan told the state-funded Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on May 28. “The remainder of …

CHRI – The Iranian-American engineer, businessman, and philanthropist Khosrow Semnani made a name in foreign policy circles in both Washington and Tehran in 2013 after he published a comprehensive report about the environmental and human costs of a military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. Five years later he has published a new report, this time focusing on the socioeconomic effects of …

Al-Monitor – “We’re not looking for regime change. I just want to make that clear. We’re looking for no nuclear weapons. … I’m not looking to hurt Iran at all,” said the US president during a joint press conference with Japan’s prime minister in Tokyo May 27. Donald Trump expressed some confidence that a deal with Iran with “tremendous economic potential” was possible. The …

Al-Monitor – Reports have emerged in Iran that mainly Reformist parliamentarians are attempting to revise the country’s constitution. Senior pro-reform parliament member Mostafa Kavakebian said May 8, “We are preparing a bill under the name of the ‘Third Republic.'” Moderate conservative Ezzatollah Yousefian Molla said May 27 that if more than 200 lawmakers support the initiative, the letter will be sent to the supreme …