Dossier: Islamic Revolution of Iran

An Iranian father with his three children at a playground in Tehran (photo: ISNA)

Family policy in Iran

Children for the revolution

With slogans like "An Iran of 150 million" and "More children, more happiness", the leadership in Tehran is calling for higher birth rates – a U-turn in its family planning policy. What is still unclear is how the desired increase in the size of the population would contribute to solving the country's economic and social problems. By Marcus MichaelsenMore

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Ayatollah Khomeini arriving in Iran on 1 February 1979 (photo: Getty Images/Afp/Gabriel Duval)

Interview with Iran expert Bahman Nirumand

"Everyone believed Khomeini's promises"

Thirty-five years ago, Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran from exile. Thomas Latschan spoke to the Iran expert Bahman Nirumand about Khomeini's role in the Islamic Revolution and his significance for modern-day IranMore

Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel's ''The People Reloaded'': The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran's FutureIran's Regime: A Permanent Legitimation CrisisInterview with Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi: The Secular Elements of the Islamic Republic
An Iranian woman reading a book in front of a book display in Tehran (photo Shabestan.ir)

Writers in Iran

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Fighting a Losing Battle

Decades of repression and the establishment of a conformist state culture are beginning to take their toll on independent writers. In an all-enveloping climate of fear, Iran's young writers are coming under increasing pressure to sacrifice their independence and exercise self-censorship. For their part, the all-powerful state censorship authorities are becoming ever more professional – and restrictive – in their methods. By Faraj SarkohiMore

Iranian Journalists under Pressure: Arrest or ExileInterview with Iranian Writer Mahmud Doulatabadi: "Our Society is in Ferment"The Media in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Between Self-censorship and ProhibitionThe Green Movement in Iran: A Divided CoalitionMedia in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Between Self-censorship and Repression

Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel's ''The People Reloaded''

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The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran's Future

With their anthology on Iran's Green Movement, Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel provide an intellectual and political road map to the country's largest political protest since the 1979 revolution. Ramin Jahanbegloo introduces "The People Reloaded"More

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In 532, the Roman Emperor Justinian ordered the construction of an awe-inspiring church in his residence, Constantinople, "one that has never existed since Adam's time, and one that will never exist again." Around 10,000 workers were involved in its construction. For a millennium, the basilica on the Bosphorus remained Christendom’s biggest church.

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