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Peace Abroad, Gallows at Home: A Violent Contradiction Inside Iran

In recent days, as diplomatic corridors fill with talk of “de-escalation” and a “temporary peace” between Tehran and Washington, a very different reality is unfolding inside Iran—quieter, less visible, but deeply painful. While the world watches negotiations and geopolitical shifts,…

Diplomatic Goodwill, Strategic Failure: Bangladesh and the Iran Fuel Crisis Paradox

The Iran crisis started on the 28th of February after America and Israel shielded and attacked Iran during peace talks. On 8th April 2026, with the coordination of Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Mr Shahbaz Sharif, a fragile two-week ceasefire was agreed…

Iran and the Global Systems Narrow Throat

This is not peace. It is a tactical pause in a conflict that has not exhausted its logic. “When the tribe stops attacking, it is not always because it has become wiser. Sometimes it has only understood that the next…

The Uncertain Extension of the Ceasefire: A Narrow Window for Diplomacy

In the final hours of his previously announced 14-day deadline for a ceasefire with Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump initially stated that the truce would not be extended. However, just hours before the deadline expired—and following a meeting with Vice…

She Had a Name: Ghazal Mowlan and the Human Cost of Conflict

A Kurdish fighter named Ghazal Mowlan, originally from Mahabad in northwestern Iran, has died after being seriously wounded in a drone attack carried out by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The attack targeted a camp belonging to the Komala…

Iran was supposed to fall, so why is it still standing?

A structural analysis of power, resilience, and political survival in Iran This text is not written to defend a system, nor to justify it. It is an attempt to understand. To understand why a system that, by many expectations, should…

Uplifting Voices from Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, & West Bank

On Wednesday, April 29 at 12:00pm ET, please join us for an international webinar featuring the voices of women from Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, and the West Bank, who will speak about the widening war in the SWANA/Middle East region launched…

Children in the Line of Fire: From Domestic Repression to War in Iran

Amid geopolitical tensions, military strategies, and competing political narratives, one reality remains undeniable: In today’s Iran, children and students are no longer on the margins of crisis. They are increasingly at its center. Not as participants, but as victims.  …

The war that legitimizes the bomb

Far from curbing nuclear proliferation, the offensive against Iran and the strategic impunity of armed powers are consolidating a brutal conclusion for the rest of the world: those who do not possess extreme deterrent power are exposed to coercion, punishment…

Israel bombed a Synagogue on Passover: Has it become a Danger to Jews and Non-Jews Alike?

A synagogue is bombed in the middle of Passover. This would be, prima facie, an antisemitic act. Few would argue otherwise—unless, of course, the bombing was carried out by the Israeli Air Force. Many people conflate Jews with Israelis, and…

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