Author: Shabnam von Hein

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Symbolic image: Iranian schoolbooks (photo: DW)

Control and censorship in the Islamic Republic

Iran’s doctored schoolbooks and the disappearing girls

Since the beginning of the Islamic Republic, the guardians of the country’s religion have been battling to get the correct image of society and history into young people’s heads. But the battle seems to be an increasingly hopeless one. By Shabnam von HeinMore

Contemporary Iranian literature: Reading outside the boxChild trafficking in Iran: The agony of the destituteIran′s image in the West: Sheer incredulityPhoto gallery: Unwelcome images of life in Tehran
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, one of the speakers at Festival Lavaro in Italy in 2019 (photo: Zumapress/picture-alliance)

Interview with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi

"Ruhollah Zam's death sentence is a political judgement"

The death sentence against journalist Ruhollah Zam in Iran has been criticised worldwide. Iran has said it will not accept any interference in its "internal affairs". Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi takes Tehran to task over the matter. Interview by Shabnam von HeinMore

Foreign academics risk arrest in Iran: Tehran's new hostage policyQantara photo essay: Iran's female political prisonersIran upholds five-year jail sentence for French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah
A drug addict sells her baby on the streets of Tehran

Child trafficking in Iran

The agony of the destitute

More and more parents are selling their children out of economic desperation across Iran. Unfortunately, the government is suspicious of NGOs wanting to help. By Shabnam von HeinMore

Rakhshan Bani-Etemad: Filming the margins of Iranian societyIran′s image in the West: Sheer incredulityUnwelcome images of life in Tehran

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Most Recent Photo Essay

Kylian Mbappe (France): the son of a Cameroonian father and an Algerian mother, Kylian Mbappe has deep roots in Africa. Mbappe was just 19 when he was part of the French team that won the 2018 World Cup in Russia. He is just one of several French players of African heritage, including Paul Pogba (Guinea), N'Golo Kante and Moussa Sissoko (both Mali), Ousmane Dembele (Ivory Coast) and Karim Benzema (Algeria)

Mbappe, Lukaku and Co. – Euro players with African heritage

Among the 24 squads at the Euros, dozens of players with African roots will turn out in the June 11-July 11 tournament. Several of them are top names at this pan-continental event. By Stefan Nestler