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  • Some Iranian children are literally climbing mountains to access online school

    by Ershad Alijani

    Some Iranian children are finding virtual school harder than others. Photos have recently emerged on social media of children in rural areas who literally have to climb a mountain every day to find an internet connection strong enough so that they can attend their online classes. People have been especially shocked by the image of a child who fell and was injured on his...

    16 December 2020
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    Iran, Iran's women, Women
  • How sheep smuggling has become a lucrative yet dangerous business on the Iran-Iraq border

    by Ershad Alijani

    The financial crisis currently gripping Iran has led to a dramatic increase in sheep smuggling across the border with Iraq, a region that is home to many Kurds. While some sheep owners are making a large profit from this illegal activity, it’s dangerous for those on the ground. Several locals have been injured during clashes between smugglers and the Iranian police, who have arrested...

    11 November 2020
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    Iran
  • Afghan Police published US Marines video presented as their army striking the Taliban

    by Ershad Alijani

    On October 12, the Afghan National Police posted a video on Facebook that they said showed Afghan helicopters bombing Taliban positions in Helmand province. The conflict between the Afghan Army and the Taliban in Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan has been intensifying since October 9. Both sides are using social media to show off what they perceive to be their military successes. But it...

    30 October 2020
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    Afghanistan, debunked
  • How Iranian police publicly shame suspected criminals

    by Ershad Alijani

    In a video posted online on October 7, Iranian police humiliate suspected criminals in the middle of the street, forcing them to yell out, “Forgive me! I won’t do it again”, and repeat insulting statements about themselves in front of a crowd. The growing number of public shamings are just one example of how the Iranian police are flexing their muscles, to the detriment...

    9 October 2020
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    Iran
  • Violence, suicide and addiction: an unprecedented economic crisis plunges Iranian society into chaos

    by Ershad Alijani

    Videos of fights breaking out in front of supermarkets or currency exchange offices in Iran have become so common on social media over the past few years that many people don’t even find them surprising anymore. These fraught scenes illustrate the stress caused by the economic downturn that has swept the country, accompanied by rampant inflation and currency devaluation. Experts and observers describe an...

    9 October 2020
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    Iran
  • ‘Iran’s Hidden Slaughter’: a video investigation

    by Ershad Alijani

    Between November 15 and 18, hundreds of people were killed in Iran when the government cracked down on protests that had been sparked by a hike in petrol prices.

    24 December 2019
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    Images talk, Iran

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16 December 2020

Some Iranian children are literally climbing mountains to access online school

Some Iranian children are finding virtual school harder than others. Photos have recently emerged on social media of children...

by Ershad Alijani
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15 December 2020

Iranian influencer poses with skulls, artifacts in an unexplored archeological ...

Iranian Instagram influencer Soheil Taghavi posed with skulls, bones, and pieces of pottery at the unexplored Tasuki archeological site...

by Ershad Alijani
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11 November 2020

How sheep smuggling has become a lucrative yet dangerous business on the Iran-Iraq...

The financial crisis currently gripping Iran has led to a dramatic increase in sheep smuggling across the border with...

by Ershad Alijani
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30 October 2020

Another video of police violence in the Islamic Republic: ‘Iran’s George ...

On October 24, a video published on Persian-language media showed Iranian police using tear gas and an electroshock weapon...

by Ershad Alijani
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Women in the Middle East

Some Iranian children are literally climbing mountains to access online school

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Some Iranian children are finding virtual school harder than others. Photos have recently emerged on social media of children in rural areas who literally have to climb a mountain...

16 December 2020
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Iran, Iran's women, Women

Iranian women attend football match: “It was a dream come true”

Published by Ershad Alijani

Some 4,000 girls and women attended a World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Cambodia at the Azadi stadium in Tehran, the Iranian capital, on October 10. It was...

11 October 2019
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Iran, Iran's women, Women

Iran’s #BlueGirl dies after setting herself on fire in football-ban protest

Published by Ershad Alijani

Iranian football fans – male and female – reacted with shock and anger following the death of a female football fan on Monday. Sahar Khodayari, 29, set herself on...

11 September 2019
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Iran, Iran's women, Women

Rare video of underage marriage in Iran: the ‘bride’ is aged 11

Published by Ershad Alijani

A video showing an 11-year-old girl marrying her 22-year-old cousin in rural Iran has drawn new attention to a practice many Iranians believe to be in decline. But our...

9 September 2019
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Iran, Iran's women, Women
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Iran-France: The future is jeopardized

by Ershad Alijani

I participated recently in a debate on France24 about Iran and France relation after Paris has frozen assets of Iran’s intelligence services over alleged bomb plot by Tehran.  

4 October 2018
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Iran, Terrorism

Witness recounts horror of fleeing Afghan city under Taliban siege

by Ershad Alijani

People who have fled the city of Ghazni, Afghanistan, have described apocalyptic scenes, including dead bodies on the streets, the horrible smell of corpses,

14 August 2018
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Afghanistan, Terrorism

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How do governments push false news about Covid-19?

by Ershad Alijani

In this episode of Misinfodemia, Seema Yasmin talks to me about how governments push false news and how social media platforms both help and hinder the fight to tackle misinformation and disinformation. I talked about how Iran’s government is hiding the real number of corona virus victimes and how we worked on it in France24.

3 September 2020
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debunked, Images talk, Iran

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