This is not the first batch of hair found being smuggled at the borders. Many of the hair bundles do not meet the criteria for wig manufacturing. So who took this hair and from where?

The families of women who were given the bodies of their loved ones tell tales of horrors. Signs of torture, mutilated bodies, missing organs.

A lot of these women remain nameless and missing. Where are the Iranian women who protested during January 8 & 9?

A few months ago, I was on a tram when I met an Afghan woman speaking Persian. Since Persian is my first language, I joined her conversation. She shared her hope that one day Afghan women will be able to protest against the Taliban, just as women in Iran have done.

Today, Afghan women are showing incredible courage by standing up against policies that try to control their bodies and their lives. These policies, introduced since 2021, have included restrictions such as revoking access to education and limiting women’s presence in public spaces.

Today I was talking to my parents and I just had to sit with some new revelations about the current economy that honestly terrified me. I feel like just saying the percentage of the inflation is making it hard for everyone to realise the almost dystopian crisis the people in Iran are going through.

A single bag of chips is now 120,000 toman.

The fruit we bought 7 months ago for less than 100,000 per KG is now over 400,000 per KG. Literally paying 4 times more for the exact same amount of produce.

I see people posting their recipt from grocery stores—the totals are through the roof. People keep saying their monthly salaries are not enough to get them through the month and it's gone in the first couple of days in the month.

This is only the financial situation. Sharia law is going strong. Islamic republic's goons are walking around and freely harrassing and abusing women who choose not to wear the hijab.

Do you remember all the hijabless women reporting from IRGC support rallies, talking about how women had freedom to choose what they want to wear? Yeah a fucking lie.

On top of all this, the country is in fucking shambles. The government's mishandling of resources brought us here: dried-up rivers and lakes, electricity out for hours every day even in 50 degrees weather, dust stroms, water outage... you name it, we have it.

Marjane Satrapi, cartoonist and film director, best known for Persepolis