"As a love of truth is the only motive which actuates the Author of this little tract, he earnestly entreats that those of his readers who may discover any deficiency in his reasoning, or may be in possession of proofs which his mind could never obtain, would offer them, together with their objections to the Public, as briefly, as methodically, as plainly as he has taken the liberty of doing." — Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Necessity of Atheism
In Iran, the tragic ordeal of Armita Geravand spotlights the ongoing struggle between conservative rule and the aspirations of the younger generation for freedom and human rights. As she lies in critical condition, her story reignites debates on mandatory hijab regulations and the deep-seated misogyny facing Iranian women."
I wrote this article in 2018, and alot has changed since then. So I thought I might come back and update it. This article is about an afluent group of people in Iran who have gained wealth and status by tactfully hovering close to the regime, but not too close to be considered islamists and... Continue Reading →
The news of an Iranian girl murdered by her father in sleep shocked the whole country once again. 13 year old Romania's throat was slashed by a sickle in a village in the north of Iran. Murderer was her father and his reason was her elope with a 35 year old man (the eloping with... Continue Reading →
Growing up in Iran, I had been exposed to constant Islamic indoctrination, and I had questions, lots of them. Mostly simple ones. What has always fascinated me was the questions of Why god is so angry at us? If he loves us (which I found that he doesn’t love anyone but himself in the most... Continue Reading →
How Iran's adventurous hit and run killed Iranians!
Soheil Arabi ,born on 21 August 1985, is an Iranian blogger who was sentenced to death in Iran in 2013 on charges of insulting the Prophet Mohammad in his posts on Facebook about Atena Daemi, a civil rights activist and political prisoner. In late September 2015, his death sentence was commuted to "reading 13 religious... Continue Reading →
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