Leily Nikounazar Articles.
The government regards pet dogs as a sign of Western cultural influence. They are also considered impure, in Islam. Now there is a crackdown. When Iran banned dog walking in 2019, few dog owners were all that worried about the order. …
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that abandoning uranium enrichment would be against Iran’s interests. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday that abandoning uranium enrichment was “100 percent” against Tehran’s interests, effectively rejecting a key U.S. demand in weeks …
The killing of the embassy’s head of security strained an already tense relationship between the neighboring countries. Iran on Wednesday executed a man who was convicted of murder after he stormed the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran in 2023 and killed its head …
The death toll from the explosion rose to 70, as officials said the massive blast involved a shipment whose documentation obscured the nature of the substances it carried. Iranian officials investigating a huge explosion at a strategic port in southern …
A wave of security clashes with business owners and guilds to confront women who want to exercise their right to choose their clothing has increased. In the latest news, the commander of the Hormuz Guard announced the seizure of a …
After the Taliban, Iran and Afghanistan are the only countries in the world that do not allow women to attend football stadiums. Iranian women, of course, have been silent and have fought for their rights all this time. Sometimes they …
A conversation between Leili Nikounazar, a fashion studies researcher and journalist, and Farnaz Abdoli, a fashion and apparel designer and member of the Spectrum NGO, about the obstacles to women’s entrepreneurship in the fashion sector in Iran. Farnaz Abdoli is …
Voice of America interview with Leili Nikounazar: Domestic violence in Iran is much higher than global statistics.
They do. How effective can writing about such experiences be in confronting it? What role does education play in this, and perhaps a more important question: can a form of emotional and sexual relationship exist between a professor and a …





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