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Kourosh Ziabari

Kourosh Ziabari

Kourosh Ziabari is an award-winning journalist from Iran and a 2022 World Press Institute fellow with the University of St. Thomas.

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Tweeting Is Banned in Iran, but Not for the Regime’s Supporters

Tweeting Is Banned in Iran, but Not for the Regime’s Supporters

Financing troll armies, pseudo-intellectuals, pundits and commentators whose day jobs boil down to waging wars on X is now the forte of a government that has officially banned the site.

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Iran’s Hijab-Industrial Complex

Iran’s Hijab-Industrial Complex

When it comes to the compulsory hijab, there is also a political element at play: The Iranian government perceives the hijab battlefield as a catalyst of its dominance over the restive masses, a propeller of its perpetuity and a red line it doesn’t wish to see crossed so that it’s not required to make new concessions on civil liberties.

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Javad Zarif’s Checkered Legacy

Javad Zarif’s Checkered Legacy

Iran’s U.S.-educated former top diplomat has claimed that Donald Trump was eyeing a fresh agreement with Iran after walking away from the original nuclear deal and offered to meet Zarif at least twice, but Zarif was not allowed to.

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