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 Israel says US military aid sends 'strong message' to enemies Agence France-Presse | AFP | Apr 24, 2024 Argentina seeks arrest of Iran minister over 1994 Jewish center bombing Agence France-Presse | AFP | Apr 23, 2024 Gaza doctors process 200 days of war from devastated hospital's rubble Agence France-Presse | AFP | Apr 23, 2024 See more Podcasts Environmental horror, ISIS resurgence in Amberin Zaman’s dispatch from Syria Palestinian UN membership struck down as US casts fourth veto Dispatch from Lebanon: We hear Israeli planes on daily basis 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.
Israel says US military aid sends 'strong message' to enemies Agence France-Presse | AFP | Apr 24, 2024
Argentina seeks arrest of Iran minister over 1994 Jewish center bombing Agence France-Presse | AFP | Apr 23, 2024
Gaza doctors process 200 days of war from devastated hospital's rubble Agence France-Presse | AFP | Apr 23, 2024