The Border Guard Command, commonly known as FARAJA Border Guard, is a subdivision of the Law Enforcement Force (FARAJA) and Iran's sole agency that performs border guard and border control duties for land borders, and coast guard duties for maritime borders. The unit was founded in 2000. Between 1991 and 2000, border control was the responsibility of the Security deputy of FARAJA. Prior to 1991, border control was the responsibility of the Gendarmerie.
Hassan Rouhani, the incumbent president of Iran, launched his reelection campaign for the presidential office in February 2017. The election itself and related events received international media attention with many issues being raised. Rouhani achieved a decisive victory after the May 2017 vote, with Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli announcing that out of 41.3 million total votes cast Rouhani got 23.6 million. Ebrahim Raisi, Rouhani's closest rival, had picked up 15.8 million votes in contrast.
Presidential elections were held in Iran on 18 June 2021, the thirteenth since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979. Ebrahim Raisi, the then Chief Justice of Iran, was declared the winner in a highly controversial election. The election began with the mass disqualification of popular candidates by the Guardian Council, and broke records of the lowest turnout in Iranian electoral history, as well as had the highest share of protest blank, invalid and lost votes despite a declaration by the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, considering protest voting religiously forbidden (haraam) as it would "weaken the regime." Reporters Without Borders reported 42 cases of journalists being summoned or threatened for writing about candidates, and the chief of the police threatened people who discouraged others to vote.
Fathollah Mojtabaei is an Iranian author and historian. He is a permanent member of Academy of Persian Language and Literature and a member of the faculty of the Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia.
The Look to the East policy is a strategy in Iran's foreign policy that has been proposed since the beginning of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency in 2005. Of course, there is no consensus among experts as to which countries are among the goals of the Look to the East policy, and from which point of view this policy should be viewed, and there are at least three different views.
The policy of exporting the Islamic Revolution is a strategy in Iran's foreign policy that believes in exporting the teachings of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 to achieve similar examples in Islamic and even non-Islamic countries. This policy has been explicitly and at various times announced by Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran. One of the basic slogans of the Islamic Revolution of Iran is the export of the revolution. Accordingly, the purpose is exporting the revolution as a culture, ideology and an intellectual and epistemological method.
The history of the parliament in Iran refers to the history of this legislative body in Iran, which has gone through various stages. This legislative body has been changing and expanding from a 25-member House of Expediency to the present day, which operates under the name of the Islamic Consultative Assembly with 290 members.
Pursuant to Article 58 of the Law on Internal Regulations of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, the Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources and Environment Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly is formed to perform its assigned duties in the fields of agriculture, water resources, livestock and poultry, fisheries, the environment and meteorology in accordance with the provisions of the regulation.
The United States Cultural Diplomacy in Iran refers to the use of soft power of cultural diplomacy by the US government towards Iran in order to achieve its own interests.
Nasser Fahimi is an Iranian physician, human rights defender and a political prisoner of conscience. He is also the first figure in the political history of Iran who formally requested the Islamic Republic to revoke his Iranian citizenship due to its type of government.
Islamic Philosophy from its Origin to the Present: Philosophy in the Land of Prophecy is a book by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Iranian philosopher and University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University. The book is a history and overview of Islamic philosophy covering its origins in the 9th century to the modern era.
Woman, Life, Freedom is a slogan that originated within the women-led Kurdish movements. This slogan transcended its initial context and garnered global recognition following the 2022 protests in Iran, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, who was in custody of Iran’s morality police for “improper” clothing. The phrase rapidly became a universal rallying cry, symbolizing resistance against oppression and the fight for women's rights.
The Zahedan massacre, also known as Bloody Friday (Balochi: زائدانءِ ھۏنݔن آدݔنَگ), was a series of violent crackdowns starting with protesters gathering and chanting in front of a police station near the Great Mosalla of Zahedan, Iran on 30 September 2022 leading to many casualties.
This article deals with people's slogans during the 1979 Iranian revolution.
According to a World Happiness ranking study, the Islamic Republic of Iran is among the unhappiest countries in the world. The Iranian regime is a theocratic Shia Islamic totalitarian government under Sharia law. The Iranian regime also apprehends people making dancing videos, exercising freedom of expression, and practicing their faith outside of Islam among other activities that Iranian citizens find happiness in. The average amount of money spent by Iranians for leisure activities is IRR 570,000, while the average time spent on leisurely activities is 4 hours, half of the average time spent by people in the United States.
Early presidential elections in Iran were held on 28 June and 5 July 2024 following the death of incumbent president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on 19 May.
Hatem Ghaderi is an Iranian researcher and professor of political science. He is a retired member of the faculty at Tarbiat Modares University and also teaches at the Rokhdad Tazeh Institute. Ghaderi is often recognized for his works in the field of political thought and his interviews on contemporary political topics. Many of his works are considered important resources in the fields of political thought and the history of thought in the Persian language.
The Supreme Nuclear Committee is a committee in Iran whose main task is to guide and create greater coordination on Nuclear program of Iran. This committee officially began its work with a notification on June 10, 2003, and its weekly meetings were held at the secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council.
