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Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 16 September 2026From invitations to return to surveillance and threats, this article examines the Islamic Republic’s policy towards Iranians abroad and the “Elaaj” system.
Criticise, give reasons, and do not insult; democracy must be learned and lived. A reflection on political disagreement, public mockery and the responsibilities that come with fame.
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 12 September 2026An examination of HRA’s dossier on the crackdown on the Dey protests, the 48 identified suspects, and efforts to pursue the responsibility of perpetrators and commanders through Germany’s Federal Public Prosecutor General.
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 12 September 2026As New York adds a seventh moment of silence to remember those who died in the years after 9/11 from related illnesses, S. Rouzbeh asks how many victims and survivors of repression in Iran remain unknown—and how enforced silence has concealed their names and suffering.
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 12 September 2026This article does not set out to pronounce Ali Zarei innocent or guilty. Its question is simpler, yet more fundamental: is what we know of the case so far sufficient to justify the most severe punishment available in law?
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 10 September 2026How can fresh US sanctions raise the cost of air travel and transport without formally closing the skies, and put pressure on passengers and dependent businesses?
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 8 September 2026The people are the force for change, the source of legitimacy, partners in the transition and the final arbiters of Iran’s future; the people’s side completes the Transition Triangle.
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 7 September 2026From the fast boats of the 1980s to today’s ballistic missiles, the weapons have changed—but has Tehran’s strategic calculus changed too? A comparison of the tanker war and the present-day confrontation in the Persian Gulf.
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 7 September 2026The role of transition leadership in connecting the people’s strength with expertise and ready-made plans for decision-making, coordination and implementation.
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 7 September 2026Why do the names of certain court branches and judges recur in political and security cases, when hundreds of other judges serve in the same judiciary?
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 5 September 2026The role of knowledge, planning and operational preparedness before a change of government, and how they connect with the people and the leadership of the transition period.
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 3 September 2026Why should the people of Iran weigh the cost to their lives and the likely outcome before returning to the streets? They have risen repeatedly; the question is not whether they want change, but what will be different this time—and why they alone should be expected to take the risks without calculating the consequences.
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 3 September 2026Pressure on oil, money and sanctions-evasion networks: who ultimately pays the bill?
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 31 August 2026Taking an approximate figure of 40,000 deaths as a working assumption, this article considers the human future lost—not only the lives cut short, but also the families, relationships, experience and hopes that are wounded or disappear with them.
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 29 August 2026S. Rouzbeh examines why Hossein Taeb has called on merchants and trade associations to monitor the market, and whether the government is seeking to turn their networks into an early-warning system amid fears that economic protests could become political.
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 28 August 2026How the Islamic Republic shifted from rejecting national symbols to invoking Iran, the homeland and Iranian historical memory in its official propaganda during times of crisis.
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 26 August 2026S. Rouzbeh recalls elderly men and women gathering in Tehran’s Mellat Park in the late 1990s to share their memories and views of Iran’s past with younger generations—and a struggle the government could not tolerate.
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 25 August 2026This article examines the security and human-rights records of selected officials recently appointed or promoted in Iran’s judiciary, and asks whether the changes reflect judicial reform or a security-oriented approach.