This article is long but covers a lot of ground with analysis focused on Iran's economic and political transformation to explain its recent domestic protests. (Published before the current escalation of military conflict with Israel.)
This documentary is about the daughter (Sara Nodjoumi) of two Iranian artists who married and fled the country. The film shares Sara's attempts to make sense of her family's story and who her father (Nicki Nodjoumi) is as a person while they work together to try to retrieve his work, critical of what came to pass after the revolution, from Tehran. A story about the role of artists in revolutionary action and the fallout of Iranian politics from the time of the Shah to today.
Eggs painted with bright colours featuring women in Iran with feed hair and banners written in English, “WOMEN - LIFE - FREEDOM.” Click on the source link to see a thread with more photos of more eggs!
"Dear reader: the publication of this letter is proof that our voices were powerful enough to reach you. So, be our voice; share our message of hope, tell the world that we are not behind these walls for nothing and that we are stronger than our torturers, who continue to use every possible means to silence our people. This voice will echo throughout the world. It is the promise of this future that drives us and fills us with joy. Together, we will triumph. Let us hope that day will come very soon."
Art Nouveau painting of a woman by Alphonse Mucha edited to include Nika Shakarami's face, Woman Life Freedom in a stylized vintage font and the words "woman" and "freedom" written in Farsi on a large open book held by Nika.
This video is a recent report from VICE News on Iran just over a year since the protests of 2022. The story contains many interviews and footage of recent protests and women walking in public with their hair freely in spite of intensified crackdowns.
An empty classroom with white walls. The following message has been spray painted in red with blotches of red paint: Blood cannot be washed away by anything.
A black and white illustration of a hands raised, wrists bound by chains. Above, a monarch butterfly soars. In red font, the words, despair is the greatest death. Below this in black font, the hashtag, #we_stand_until_the_end