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Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
Iran has showcased these new weapons, with deadly result, in Yemen and Lebanon.
As calls for greater freedom grow, the author examines how secularism might work in Iran.
Iranian women have a long history of campaigning for their rights. The latest protests bring together a host of religious and gender groups suppressed by the country’s clerical regime.
Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
Through different works and artists who have worked with hair we can understand what having control over one’s own hair implies for female identities.
Iran has a growing role in the Ukraine war, helping Russia augment its dwindling weapons supplies. That may help Russia, but it also serves Iran’s national interests.
To many Iranians, a revolution has happened given the public’s embrace of women and their demands amid ongoing protests. The question is whether the solidarity holds up and the regime listens.
Controversy of veils goes back more than a century, a scholar of Iran explains.
In 1979 the decision of military commanders not to fire on protesters led to the revolution. There is no sign of that yet.
The autocratic regime of Ayatollah Khamenei is coming under pressure like never before.
Protesters call for a change in rules over what women are forced to wear in Iran. An expert tells us what the law says.
Imposing restrictions on women has been a way for many countries to demonstrate to the world what policies they want to pursue.
The hijab, which was forced on all Iranian women after the 1979 revolution, is a tool of oppression.
A scholar of Iranian politics explains how Iranians have organized resistance movements for the past several decades while risking arrest and public flogging.
Data shows that more than half of Iranian women oppose the compulsory wearing of hijabs and that the vast majority oppose an Islamic Republic.
Mobile apps are sometimes ‘regionalized’ to better serve the needs of users, functioning differently in, for example, China than in Canada. But some of those differences pose security and privacy risks.
Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, women in Iran have been forced to accept second-class citizenship, as Shiite religious leaders control most aspects of women’s lives.
Public support for the latest protests in Iran is unusually high and widespread. Demonstrations are underway in cities large and small, neighbourhoods rich and poor.
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Senior Lecturer in History and International Relations, Curtin University
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Associate, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Convenor of the Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), and Deputy Director (International) at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Lecturer in Politics and International Studies, The Open University
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Professor of International Relations and Security, University of Bradford
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Lecturer in the Contemporary Middle East and Iran, University of Manchester
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President, University of La Verne
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PhD in Politics, Lancaster University
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PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Portsmouth
