Lawdan Bazargan
Political activist and human rights advocate
Lawdan Bazargan is an Iranian political and human rights activist. She campaigns for political prisoners.
Political activist and human rights advocate
Lawdan Bazargan is an Iranian political and human rights activist. She campaigns for political prisoners.
The killings that swept Iran last month revived memories of 1988, when the Islamic Republic erased thousands of political prisoners in silence—my brother, Bijan, among them.
The privileged children of Iran’s ruling elite are building futures overseas that their parents have withheld from millions of Iranians for almost half a century.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei blocked any potential signal of compromise before President Masoud Pezeshkian even landed in New York—a move some saw as a reckless gamble but in fact a calculated strategy rooted in decades of survival.
On March 8, 1979, tens of thousands of Iranian women took to the streets, demanding the right to choose what to wear on the first International Women’s Day of the post-revolutionary Iran.
The campaigns against advocates of Tehran interests outside Iran is not about stifling debate but ensuring a balanced one, with dissenting voices challenging those more aligned with the Islamic Republic.
The now-viral unveiled performance by singer Parastoo Ahmadi which landed her briefly in jail was not just an artistic endeavor, but a groundbreaking act of defiance of Iran’s new oppressive Hijab law and the theocratic apparatus of control.
Recent explosions of Hezbollah communication devices in Lebanon and Syria have triggered a complex web of reactions among Iranians, whose government is the primary backer of the armed group.
As we mark the 36th anniversary of the 1988 mass execution of political prisoners in Iran, we are confronted with a stark reminder of the ongoing repression that persists in silencing the voices of those who demand justice.
On August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie, an Indian-born British-American novelist, was viciously attacked as he prepared to speak at the Chautauqua Institution in New York.
Iranian rights activists see Javaid Rehman's 2024 report on the human rights situation in Iran as a monumental victory for justice and a beacon of hope for the Iranian people and advocates worldwide.
