Rare video of summary execution in Iraq surfaces in Iran
A video showing the apparent execution of a suspected jihadist by Iraqi Army troops has surfaced on social media in Iran. Our Observer explains that while such videos
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Iranian men barred from watching female futsal match
Outside a female futsal match in Iran, a group of men protested the country’s ban on watching members of the opposite sex play sport.
Shock in Iran as professor refuses to trample US flag
Every November 4, Iran’s hardliners celebrate the date of the hostage crisis at the American embassy in Tehran in 1979, which lasted 444 days.
Social media in Iran: ‘Good Shia kids’ can be cool, too
You can be an observant Muslim and also want to have fun on social media. In Iran, more and more young conservatives
In Iran, changing sexes is legal But it’s not easy
In Iran, changing sex is legal. But it’s not easy. Our Observer Saman Arastou explains what it’s like to be transsexual in the Islamic Republic.
Iranian women defy Supreme Leader’s biking ban
In a recent fatwa, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei banned women from riding “bikes in public places.” But this left a good number of Iranian women unconvinced
Transgender Iranians take to the stage to raise awareness
In a conservative society like Iran, talking about what it is like to be transgender is still considered shocking and taboo. But a theatre group is
Why Iran keeps making anti-American propaganda videos
More than a year after the nuclear deal between Iran and the 5+1 countries, Iran’s state television has aired a new music video full of
Iranian cyclists protest town’s ban on women riding bikes
Hundreds of people marched their bikes through the streets of Marivan, a town in western Iran last Tuesday in protest at the decision by local authorities
Fury as Iranian town bans women from cycling
Hundreds of people marched their bikes through the streets of Marivan, a town in western Iran last Tuesday in protest at the decision by local authorities
Ershad Alijani 