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The Effects of the Ongoing Internet Shutdown and the 2 Wars on Journalism in Iran
Translations from Shargh newspaper and a statement by Tehran Journalists’ Guild
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”
some thoughts as we wait for 8 pm Tuesday April 7, 2026
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, All Wrapped Up in One, in Iran
A beautiful letter from Zahra Sabbagh in Tehran as she waits for Tuesday
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
Understanding Pro-War Sentiments Inside Iran
A longer read to sit with this weekend as the war rages on
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
“Sweet Lies and Bitter Truths”
Roya Khoshnevis, a Tehran based cultural analyst, writes about Iran's propaganda war
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi

March 2026

Beyond the Binary
Anthropologist Ali Abdi on listening, memory, and the lives that unsettle our certainties
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
Delam Barat Par Par Mizaneh
On the one month anniversary of the US/Israeli war on Iran
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
Today’s War, Tomorrow’s Inflation
The Iranian economist, Mohammad Maljoo on the ceasefire and the main cost of war that lies ahead
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
"The Catastrophe That Has Befallen All of Us"
Translation of a diary by a director of an art center in Tehran published on Boston Review
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
Happy New Year
On hope at the Spring equinox and the start of the year 1405 in Iran
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
How the War Amplifies the Stress and Anxiety of Oil Workers
A translation of the article "Mission on the Narrow Line of Life" in Payame Ma newspaper in Iran
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
Homes without Windows; Windows without Glass
A newspaper report and a war diary from Iran that take stock of ruin and destruction
 • Naghmeh Sohrabi
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