Siyavash Shahabi

  • Iran: A protester was executed

    Iran: A protester was executed

    Five protesters have been sentenced to death in an show-court in Alborz province, which had only three so-called hearings and lasted only six days. Sixteen people were convicted in this show-court, five of whom were sentenced to death, and the remaining eleven were sentenced to long prison terms. Three children under are among those…

  • Iranian Moral Police to Guidance Patrol

    Iranian Moral Police to Guidance Patrol

    When it is said that the moral “police” has been closed, it means that it has been removed from the state administrative and will not act as police unit but still, “Guidance Patrol”. This force can continue to exist as it was before 2005. It should be emphasized that the Islamic Republic with all…

  • The Eleonas’ August!

    The Eleonas’ August!

    At the western edge of Athens, several hundreds of refugees live in the camp of Eleonas. It was planned to be evicted on August 16, 2022, against the residents’ wishes. Over the past few weeks, they have built a strong resistance against racism, physical violence, threats against their children, blackmailing, misinformation, and worsening food…

  • Truck drivers strike in Iran

    Truck drivers strike in Iran

    Simultaneously with the continuation of protests and the continuation of strikes in recent days in some production centers of Iran, some reports indicate the formation of truckers’ strike in some parts of the country. On Sunday, November 27, videos of truck drivers were published in which they announced that they were on strike despite…

  • Two pictures, Two cities

    Two pictures, Two cities

    The scene is painful, the murderer of the people is dancing. Alongside this horrible image, patriotism and nationalism also has its own manifestation. Where the riot police are happy for Iran while they are shedding Iranian blood on the ground! He is singing the praises of the people, as if he wants to say:…

  • Ongoing general strikes in Iran

    Ongoing general strikes in Iran

    After the murder of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini by the Moral Police in Tehran, Iran is now entering the third month of nationwide protests. Protests that have been accompanied by widespread strikes and so far more than 50 cities in Iran have experienced it. The strikes were started by shopowners and small businesses in protest…

  • Surviving Tehran: A Labor Camp Story

    Surviving Tehran: A Labor Camp Story

    The governor of Tehran said last year that 23% of the total population of the outskirts of Iran’s cities are in Tehran. He said that 4.5 million people of Tehran live in dilapidated buildings on the outskirts of the city. At the same time, half a million people of this city live in settlements…

  • The uprising in Iran & the struggle against all imperialisms: Woman, Life, Freedom!

    The uprising in Iran & the struggle against all imperialisms: Woman, Life, Freedom!

    For weeks, Iranian society has been taking to the streets in general revolt, fully aware of the brutality the regime is unleashing on them. We consider it crucial today to give the public stage to the people who are there themselves to convey directly to us the climate and what is happening, breaking the…

  • A New Dawn: Iran’s Struggle for Freedom and Equality

    A New Dawn: Iran’s Struggle for Freedom and Equality

    The state murder of a 22-year-old women named Mahsa for inappropriate wearing hijab sparked the a big uprising that now we must call it revolution. A women whose her second name was Zhina, which in kurdish means life. The murder of a “life” has sparked the beginning of a great revolution to end the…

  • Mahsa, Hijab and Iran

    Mahsa, Hijab and Iran

    women had fewer opportunities to enter the labor market and their position at production and economy were more restricted. During primitive accumulation, Silvia Federici calls this “the devaluation of women’s work”. Through which Iran’s Islamic capitalism wants to make “motherhood” a major part of a woman’s social responsibilities. Even the sale of birth control…

  • Distress Geography

    Distress Geography

    The result of such a situation is a desperate and naked life. It will be as though you are a prisoner trying to find a place between “humans” and “animals.” It is a situation that is characterized by a decline in morals. You will become a target for all kinds of attacks, a miserable…

  • The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move

    The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move

    The story contained in the ancient petrous bone is one of continuous movement – ancient people around the world mixing and merging. Physical differences, like skin color or height, are simply the shifting modifications of the human body reacting to different environments. Rather than homo sapiens, a more fitting name for us would be…