Parto Shariatmadari Parto Shariatmadari is an Iranian freelance journalist and literary translator living in the UK. Iran | Jun 19, 2019 Can fiction help an anti-death penalty campaign in Iran? A 456-page semi-autobiographical work by prominent Iranian rights activist Emadeddin Baghi aims to turn the public against the death penalty in the country. Israel | May 17, 2019 Iran's burgeoning ‘resistance literature’: A new front? Despite an ongoing “paper crisis” that has engulfed both print media and publishers, “resistance literature” promoted by the Iranian political establishment is reaching new heights. Iran | Apr 23, 2019 Tehran’s biggest annual cultural event held amid ‘paper crisis’ The biggest annual cultural event in the Iranian capital kicks off amid a paper crisis and a controversy over rentierism tarnishing the publishing industry. Iran | Mar 14, 2019 Can books be used for punishment? The sentencing of a veteran Iranian dissident to a jail term and to copy three books by hand has brought the phenomenon of “alternative sentences” to the fore. Latest News Syrians in Lebanon mourn children killed in strike blamed on Israel by Mahmoud Zayyat | AFP | Jul 17, 2024 Saudi activist held in Bulgaria announces hunger strike Agence France-Presse | AFP | Jul 17, 2024 Deadly strikes pound Gaza as Israel PM vows to ramp up pressure Agence France-Presse | AFP | Jul 17, 2024 See more Podcasts How Iran may look under new Reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian Leading Trump VP picks on Middle East policy How Iran’s new president will shift US-Iran relations See more
Iran | Jun 19, 2019 Can fiction help an anti-death penalty campaign in Iran? A 456-page semi-autobiographical work by prominent Iranian rights activist Emadeddin Baghi aims to turn the public against the death penalty in the country.
Israel | May 17, 2019 Iran's burgeoning ‘resistance literature’: A new front? Despite an ongoing “paper crisis” that has engulfed both print media and publishers, “resistance literature” promoted by the Iranian political establishment is reaching new heights.
Iran | Apr 23, 2019 Tehran’s biggest annual cultural event held amid ‘paper crisis’ The biggest annual cultural event in the Iranian capital kicks off amid a paper crisis and a controversy over rentierism tarnishing the publishing industry.
Iran | Mar 14, 2019 Can books be used for punishment? The sentencing of a veteran Iranian dissident to a jail term and to copy three books by hand has brought the phenomenon of “alternative sentences” to the fore.
Syrians in Lebanon mourn children killed in strike blamed on Israel by Mahmoud Zayyat | AFP | Jul 17, 2024
Deadly strikes pound Gaza as Israel PM vows to ramp up pressure Agence France-Presse | AFP | Jul 17, 2024