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Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 10 October 2026“Blood-shedder, blood-washer, blood-drinker”: this article examines three facets of a mechanism of power in the Islamic Republic, from the use of lethal force to the erasure of responsibility and the taking of life through judicial execution.
Poetry · S. Rouzbeh · 9 October 2026Iran is not the inheritance of a single lineage, group or slogan. It is the shared home of everyone whose heart belongs to this land. A home cannot be built through hatred and shouting; it can be lit again through responsibility, empathy, understanding, hands joined together and each person's willingness to carry a share of its burden.
Visual works · S. Rouzbeh · 8 October 2026What language does execution speak? ‘The news ends in two words, but its consequences continue.’ ‘Language cannot restore a life that has been lost, but it can prevent the erasure of the person and of responsibility.’ Four central words: execution, life, suffering, responsibility. Marking 10 October, World Day Against the Death Penalty.
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 8 October 2026From “One for all, all for one” to “No oil for us, no oil for you”: this article examines a recurring regional political logic attributed to the Islamic Republic of Iran, its record in disrupting oil exports and shipping, and whether it has brought neighbouring states closer together.
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 7 October 2026A shared language does not mean making every voice the same. We can expect these voices to preserve a person’s name and dignity, distinguish accusation from proven fact, make institutions’ responsibilities clear, and recognise the consequences of execution beyond the end of the news report.
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 6 October 2026Marking 10 October, the World Day Against the Death Penalty, this article looks at the right to life from a different angle: the geographical distance between two sides of a border. Using the Iran–Turkey border as an example, it asks why a political line on a map can still determine how far a person’s life is protected.
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 5 October 2026If we were to introduce these 47 years of Iran’s history to future generations under a single name, what would we call them? An era of repression and lost opportunities? Of migration and war? Of resistance and the pursuit of justice? Or something else?
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 5 October 2026This article examines the US exemption allowing Iranian airlines to resume flights to Najaf after sweeping sanctions on Iran’s aviation industry and Iraq’s request to facilitate travel for pilgrims, patients, students and other passengers. It asks how the exemption is defined and monitored, particularly after a sanctioned Iranian airline operated the first resumed flight, and considers whether Najaf’s connections could offer an indirect route to international flights.
Poetry · S. Rouzbeh · 3 October 2026A poem of protest and mourning for young lives lost, bereaved mothers and wounds deepened by denial. Amid tears and grief, hope remains alive: a flower can be torn apart, but spring cannot be killed.
Poetry · S. Rouzbeh · 3 October 2026Mehregan has arrived, yet someone is still missing from our homes. A poem of young lives returned in photographs, and of a mother's tears keeping a lamp alight.
Visual works · S. Rouzbeh · 2 October 2026The Islamic Republic in limbo. On one side of the balance: war, missiles and the nuclear issue. On the other: accumulated domestic crises and people's demands. Between them, the Islamic Republic struggles to maintain a fragile balance on a foundation that is itself cracked.
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 2 October 2026An image that may begin as an expression of love for Iran can become, in the propaganda apparatus, evidence that conditions are normal, that opponents are being treated with tolerance, and that there is solidarity with the political system. And it is precisely at this point that we must not allow
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 1 October 2026War does not resolve Iran’s domestic crisis; it may only push it into the background for a time. Nor would an end to the war make that crisis disappear: it could bring it back to the centre of the stage. The government faces mounting economic pressure and internal grievances, whether the war continues or ends.
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 1 October 2026Perhaps the final question is not how many kilometres of tunnels the Islamic Republic has or how many missiles it has hidden in them. It is this: when a significant part of a state’s power moves underground, what remains above ground?
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 30 September 2026Intermediaries and venues have repeatedly changed in Iran’s negotiations, but the process has never ended for good. This article examines why channels shift, how intermediaries’ roles differ, and how negotiations can serve as a means of buying time.
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 27 September 2026AI has become a new tool of psychological warfare and political propaganda, capable of portraying a war, victory or power that has not yet materialised in the real world. From Trump’s images of Kharg Island and the Strait of Hormuz to a video depicting Iran’s hypothetical first nuclear bomb, both sides use a shared visual language to present what they want—or want others to fear—might happen.
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 26 September 2026Masoud Pezeshkian’s remarks at the UN raise a question about what “shared security” means: a commitment to prevent crises from spreading, or a way to use others’ insecurity as leverage? The article explores this distinction through recent regional events, international law and the Persian proverb about a pot that does not boil for oneself.
Articles · S. Rouzbeh · 25 September 2026Is this the official format for the Leader’s written instructions or those of his office? Is there an independent, earlier example of this same letterhead? And if this writing was a military order, what were the details of the version formally entered into administrative circulation?