At sixteen, Helya Abdollahi, a teenage girl from Sanandaj, found herself struggling with depression and isolation, a result of family…
Interview
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The events following 9/11 ushered in a new phase for the concept of self-defense, where non-state threats, such as Kurdish…
Naim Babaei, a young man from the city of Javanrud, is an example of the harsh realities caused by addiction.…
Kamyar Valizadeh, with empty hands but a heart full of hope, embarked on a path he believed would lead him…
Khaled Pourmohammadi: Life? There was no such thing as life there. The only thing I could experience in that environment…
Aryan Esmaeili: “My childhood was truly bitter. I had neither a family to support me nor a home I could…
In the shadow of strict traditions and a closed cultural environment in Iran’s border regions, the fate of women sometimes…
Mohammad Sadeqi, originally from Kamaleh village in Sarvabad, is one of hundreds of young individuals whose lives were drastically altered…