New Educational Restrictions on Youth in Iran
Two recent announcements by Iran’s hardliners signal renewed efforts to repress Iranian youth. A senior official at the Education Ministry has announced that Iran will not allow “western” influenced courses in universities and will review 12 humanities disciplines to make them compatible with “Islamic teachings”. According to the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, humanities studies are […]
Can Obama Keep His Promise to Iran’s Youth?
The early verdict on the new Iran sanctions is that even the “smart” sanctions have proven to be, well, dumb. Instead of targeting Iranian government officials connected to the nuclear program or who are complicit in human rights abuses, the new sanctions are punishing young Iranians who have been the greatest allies of democracy, human […]
BBC Photo Essay on Young Tehranis
The BBC has published a short series of pictures taken by Iranian photographer Kian Amani of couples who meet on a park bench in Tehran. The pictures posted on the BBC website are only a sample of Amani’s larger exhibition, “Transit Tehran,” which is currently on display at the London School of Economics. The curator […]