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A cultural faultline in Iran has re-emerged in recent months amid the turmoil of war and the revamping of the country’s hardline leadership: how and whether to enforce the wearing of the hijab by ...
News Iran » Tehran » Culture: From Tehran’s walls to the world: Iran’s visual propaganda as an art of war (2/2)
In Iran, the war with the United States is also fought through enormous, state-sponsored posters. Murals transform walls into billboards advertising the official ...
News Iran » Tehran » Culture: Iran's Cafe Culture Faces Political And Economic Pressure
For young Iranians, cafes are a refuge -- a safe place to mingle and unwind in a country where social freedoms are restricted. “I like going to cafes because you see all kinds of people with different ...
News Iran » Tehran » Culture: Famed singer returns to Iran after decades of exile
A prominent singer has returned to Iran after nearly two decades in exile, as authorities encourage artists living abroad to return home in a show of patriotism against the backdrop of the conflict ...
News Iran » Tehran » Culture: ‘Reading Lolita in Tehran’ review: Great books, mixed movie
Recent events in Iran have placed a fascinating country under more scrutiny than usual, and “Reading Lolita in Tehran” provides a bracing sense of what it has been like to live in this deeply ...
News Iran » Tehran » Culture: From TikToks to think tanks: How Tehran hacked Western minds
The Islamic Republic of Iran has spent decades building a weapon more subtle than missiles and more difficult to detect than drones. It is an influence machine, a sprawling ecosystem of state media, ...
News Iran » Tehran » Culture: The West’s favorite Iranian ‘opposition’ is loved by everyone except Iranians
A common misconception is that the Mojahedin-e Khalgh Organization (MEK), led by Maryam Rajavi, can bring about an ideal transformation in Iran’s political landscape. However, this is deeply flawed, ...