The Baha’í Faith was established in 1863 by Baha’u’llah in Qajar Persia. Baha’u’llah, a Babi who claimed to be the one foretold by the Bab, claimed a similar station for himself in 1863 as a Manifestation of God and as the promised figure foretold in the sacred scriptures of the major religious traditions of the […]
Iran’s nuclear program was launched in the 1950s with the help of the United States under the Atoms for Peace program, and in 1970, Iran ratified the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), limiting its nuclear program to peaceful use and making its nuclear program subject to inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Western cooperation ceased […]
Germany is the Islamic Republic’s largest trading partner in the EU and exported €1.2 billion worth of goods to Iran from January to the end of October in 2022. Historically, Germany has had a strong relationship with Iran going back to the Qajar era when Iran’s first modern university was established. Amir Kabir preferred the […]
An open letter reached Zamaneh news, from a group of female political prisoners in Evin Prison in which the authors express their deep concerns about the environmental conditions in Iran as well as the planet, for which they’ve created six main demands. They have asked all Iranians to be diligent and realize such demands for […]
Criteria For Death Sentences Under Islamic Republic law, the number of crimes subject to capital punishment ranks among the world’s highest, including adultery, sodomy, apostasy, drug use, and moharebeh (waging war against god) — a nebulous charge the regime mainly employs to punish those whom it perceives as opponents of its radical Islamist ideology. “There […]
During a revolution, each person has their own share of participating in the social movement. When more than 75% percent of Iran’s economy is dependent on the government and IRGC, a collective effort is required by consumers to put pressure on companies that have close ties to the government and feeding the oppressive regime. From […]
Watch our video below to learn about how the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) controls large parts of the Iranian economy. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Iranian Knowledge (@iranianknows)
Hossein Ronaghi Hossein Ronaghi is a human rights activist who has been in and out of prison. He has spent a total of 6 years in prison, including solitary confinement. He was first arrested in 2009 for renewing proxies that allowed journalists and political activists to circumvent the government’s website bans following the 2009 contested […]