by Zach | Mar 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
This article originally appeared in Ms. Magazine. In Iran, morality police prosecute over 16,000 women per year for “violations” from wearing an improper hijab to walking with a male friend. A growing women’s rights movement uses the internet to fight back. Read more...
by Zach | Sep 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
This article originally appeared in Arab News. An Iranian human rights group has relaunched a smartphone app designed to help Iranian citizens, especially women, avoid harassment, arrest and punishment by the strict “morality police” who enforce religious observance...
by Zach | Aug 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
This article orginally appeared in Vice. Last May, Iranians re-elected president Hassan Rouhani, a reformist leader, in hopes he will slowly edge Iran toward a more open and progressive sociopolitical culture. Read more on...