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S. Rouzbeh reflects on the Shahnameh as a mirror of societies living under the habit of death, drawing parallels between Zahhak’s system of secrecy and routine killing and the suppression of truth, compassion and public grief.
S. Rouzbeh reflects on Ferdowsi’s Zahhak as a system that conceals truth, reduces speech to whispers and makes death an administrative routine. In a society where goodness is driven underground, killing becomes a daily ritual in the service of power.
The attempt to erase one life gives rise to a multitude that cannot be contained by numbers.
Flowers and photographs take the places of schoolchildren, while the register’s silence becomes an accusation.
S. Rouzbeh writes about reports that 200 students were killed during the Dey 1404 protests, the legal protections owed to children, and the international responsibility to document and pursue accountability for their deaths.
S. Rouzbeh argues that blaming calls for civil action for the human cost of repression shifts responsibility from those who order and carry out violence, undermines the right to peaceful assembly and weakens national unity. The article calls for criticism to focus on strategy while holding perpetrators of repression accountable.
An examination of the tools used to suppress crowds, from chemical irritants and impact munitions to water cannon and the DShK, alongside basic guidance on reducing harm and providing first aid.
S. Rouzbeh examines the move from Istanbul to Oman for Iran–US talks, Tehran’s efforts to narrow the agenda, and the simultaneous military incidents in the Strait of Hormuz. The article considers why both sides have come to the negotiating table and how diplomacy and pressure operate side by side.
S. Rouzbeh asks what risks arise when nuclear weapons are placed in the hands of a government that represses its own citizens, with opaque decision-making and few credible checks. The danger, the article argues, is not only the possibility of a nuclear strike but also the impunity such weapons could confer, the risk of miscalculation, and the immense human cost illustrated by Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
An examination of why governments wage war on the dead, how people turn mourning into an act of resistance, and what practical steps can preserve collective resilience and transform grief into a path towards justice.
A lorry carrying black bags becomes the setting for a poem that insists on names, memory and the right to choose a life without fear.
Internet shutdowns obscure casualty figures and help conceal evidence of lethal repression. The international community must focus on the pattern of violence against civilians, preserve evidence and pursue mechanisms of accountability.
S. Rouzbeh reflects on how Iranians have lived Saadi’s poetry in the streets, prisons and exile: turning grief into solidarity, resisting normalisation and rallying around Iran, freedom and the national Lion and Sun flag, while preserving the right to choose.
Why do Russia, China, Turkey and Gulf Arab governments fear democratic change in Iran? The article examines how sanctions, strategic interests and authoritarian anxieties make a contained Iran seem preferable to a free and prosperous one.
S. Rouzbeh examines violence and provocation around Iranian demonstrations in Europe and the United States, asking whether they can divert attention from protesters’ demands, fracture solidarity and create a narrative of ‘chaos’.
An examination of a government that, facing political deadlock, resorts to naked violence and severing lines of communication. The article argues that peak brutality is not a sign of strength but the product of a political impasse.
S. Rouzbeh reflects on reports of eye injuries in Iran, drawing a comparison with the mass blinding after the fall of Kerman in 1794 and asking what patterns of repression, silence and official narrative these reports may reveal.
An analysis of an army statement as a sign of strained deterrence, institutional responsibility and the tension between military loyalty and social conscience.