Author: Elahe Amani
Elahe Amani is Chair, Women’s Intercultural Network; board member, National Association for Community Mediation, Emerita, California State University; and editor of the women’s section of the monthly journal, Peace Mark, a publication of the Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA).
Marjane Satrapi, the acclaimed French-Iranian author, artist, and filmmaker whose groundbreaking graphic memoir Persepolis transformed the world’s understanding of Iran and its people, has died at the age of
On the morning of March 2, 2026, as Yanar Mohammed was leaving her home in Baghdad’s Al-Bunouk district, she was targeted in an armed attack. Two assailants on a motorcycle fired several shots at close range. Although she was immediately transferred
We are in the 102nd week of the ‘No to Execution Tuesdays’ campaign, while the execution government of Iran, over the past year (2025), has hanged more than 2,200 of our fellow citizens on the
Afghan refugees,a population of 4-5 million who have lived,worked &raised families in Iran for decades,are being deported en
The feminist perspective on the death penalty in Iran reveals a complex interplay between gender, power, and the legal system
The systemic violation of students’ rights and freedoms has persisted for forty-five years under the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the current period under President Masoud Pezeshkian.
