ifmat - Iranian-British Citizen Writes Letter From Prison

Iranian-British Citizen Writes Letter From Prison

Iranian-British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, imprisoned in Iran since April 2016, has written a letter to her UK-based husband about the pain of being separated from their infant daughter, Gabriella “Gisoo” Ratcliffe, and disillusionment with her birth country ...
ifmat - Reformist Activist arrested for criticizing Hassan Rouhani

Reformist Activist arrested for criticizing Hassan Rouhani

Hengameh Shahidi, a reformist senior member of the Etemad Melli (National Trust) opposition party, has decried her arrest as part of a crackdown by hardliners on reformists ahead of Iran’s upcoming presidential election. In two open letters, ...
ifmat - Women in Iran struggle for freedom

Women in Iran struggle for freedom

The Iranian women's struggle for freedom and equality has lasted one-and-a-half centuries. Iranian and Western historians who have studied the developments of the past 150 years in Iran have clearly attested to this reality.