A Mother’s Words for Nastaran
Nastaran, my life, my soul, my child. Winter hasn’t even settled in yet, but here in your city, spring has already come. Chabahar, a city that is itself four springs, what good are its springs now that you’re gone?
The air is filled with the fragrance of jasmine. The scent of life flows everywhere. Do you remember those tall acacia trees? They have turned the most heavenly shade of green. But amidst all this splendor of creation, your footsteps can no longer be
The eight-year Iran-Iraq War was fought not only at the border, speakers at a Habilian media forum said, but also against groups acting within Iran. Held during Sacred Defense Week at the Qods Cultural and Arts Center, the forum examined “The Role of Terrorist Groups in Three Wars Imposed on Iran.” Researchers and specialists discussed alleged fifth-column activity, the MEK and separatist groups, and gaps in how the victims of terrorism have been remembered. The organizers said the event sought
In May 1985, Seyed Mojtaba Hashemi returned to Tehran to attend to matters behind the front. While fasting for Ramadan, he was shot dead by members of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) in his clothing shop on Tehran's Vahdat-e Eslami Street.
Hashemi had served in the army's Green Beret special forces. Before the Islamic Revolution, he left the Shah's army and joined the opposition to the monarchy. After the revolution and Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Iran, he joined the
The 55th hearing in the case against members of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran, or MEK, and the organization as a legal entity was held on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, before Branch 11 of Tehran Province Criminal Court One. Judge Amirreza Dehghani presided, with associate judges, a prosecutor's representative, lawyers for the complainants and defendants, families of terrorism victims, and other attendees present.
Opening the hearing, Dehghani called it a major terrorism case
The MEK carried out terrorist acts in the first days after Iran's 1979 revolution, helping prepare the ground for Baathist Iraq's invasion, according to this account. It then became complicit in Saddam Hussein's crimes against Iran and its people.
Iraq invaded Iran on September 22, 1980, expecting to seize parts of the country. The article says the MEK played a treacherous role at the outset and throughout the eight-year war. Cooperation extended to meetings between MEK leader Massoud Rajavi
The judge presiding over the trial of members of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) says the alleged role of hostile states in supporting terrorist groups remains under judicial examination.
Speaking to Habilian on the sidelines of the 55th hearing, Judge Amirreza Dehghani discussed the legal dimensions of alleged state support for terrorist groups and its connection to new court cases. Branch 55 had held its first hearing the previous week on crimes alleged to have occurred
Exclusive commentary: The United States' latest departure from the UN Human Rights Council should not be considered a decisive event or a major loss to the global human rights system, the author argues. Washington announced its withdrawal after international reporting on attacks on civilian targets, including a UN fact-finding mission's report concerning the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab. He regards the move as part of a recurring pattern of avoiding international accountability. Washington
War is among humanity's oldest social institutions. Despite efforts to achieve peace, people have never fully escaped it. Yet warfare has changed with society, technology, and ways of thinking. Today's shift involves more than new weapons: the structure and logic of war themselves are changing.
War must be understood beyond the battlefield. Its structure includes personnel and equipment, but also education, laws, policy, doctrine, the economy, ideology, social capital, and collective
Identity today is neither fixed nor settled in advance. Young people continually build and redefine who they are, and encounter others' approval or rejection. Social media has accelerated this process. It is a principal place where people narrate and present themselves, then measure the response. Digital space is part of the environment in which a new generation forms its identity, not just a channel of communication.
Adolescents and young adults want to be seen, recognized, included, and able
Iran has published its annual terrorism report for the year 2025, documenting attacks by terrorist groups and state actors against the country and its citizens — both inside its borders and overseas. The report is now available to the public, experts, and policymakers.
The Habilian Association announced that the findings were unveiled last week at a ceremony hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Center for Political and International Studies. The event was jointly organized by the
How can someone who professes a religion founded on mercy justify killing another person in the name of that faith? Before examining violent behavior, we may need to reconsider our picture of religion itself. Mercy is among Islam's most fundamental ideas, linking a person's relationship with God, the Prophet, the Quran, and other people. The Quran opens with “In the name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful,” and repeatedly invokes these attributes. Mercy is not merely one moral
August 22 is presented in the original commentary as coinciding with the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, an observance recognized by the United Nations so that the international community can express solidarity with the victims of this destructive phenomenon. The question, however, is whether such solidarity remains confined to slogans or leads to practical action to uphold the rights of actual victims of terrorism.
Iran: A Victim of Terrorism and a
The secretary-general of the Habilian Association, speaking at a ceremony marking the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, said more than 23,000 Iranian citizens had been killed by terrorist groups. He strongly criticized what he described as Western double standards and called actions against the Iranian people clear examples of “state terrorism by the United States and the Israeli regime.”
According to Habilian, which represents families of Iranian
Nasser Seraj, deputy for international affairs of Iran’s Judiciary and secretary of the High Council for Human Rights, said thousands of Iranian citizens—including children, women, men and the elderly, from ordinary civilians to officials, scientists, military and law-enforcement personnel, clerics, workers and students—have lost their lives in terrorist attacks.
According to Habilian, citing IRNA, Seraj said at Saturday’s ceremony that terrorism does not end with the death of a single person
Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh said the events directed against Iran over the past year and several months were, in his words, a clear example of the actions of a “front of terror.” He stressed that economic terrorism, like violent terrorism, is criminal in nature and has innocent victims.
According to Habilian, citing IRNA’s foreign policy correspondent, Khatibzadeh, who also heads the Foreign Ministry’s Institute for Political and International Studies, said that those behind
A ceremony marking the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism was jointly organized by the Foreign Ministry’s Institute for Political and International Studies and the Habilian Association, representing families of Iranian victims of terrorism. The event was attended by a number of families of terrorism victims and victims of the recent war. During the ceremony, Habilian unveiled its book, “Annual Report on Terrorism in Iran 2025.”
According to Habilian
Saeed Khatibzadeh, head of the Foreign Ministry’s Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), pointed to the continuation of the United States’ maximum-pressure policy and economic sanctions against Iran, stressing that the government of the Islamic Republic, by mobilizing all available capacities and with the cooperation of the heads of the three branches of government, will work to neutralize the sanctions and safeguard the country’s national interests and security. He said the
A ceremony marking the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, observed annually on August 21, will be held on August 22 by the Habilian Association in cooperation with, and hosted by, the Foreign Ministry’s Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS).
The event will bring together families of victims of terrorist attacks and those killed in the recent war, as well as senior officials and experts.
Dr. Saeed Khatibzadeh, Deputy Foreign Minister
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has condemned what he described as the European Union’s “interventionist” approach toward Iran and its support for anti-Iranian terrorist elements during a telephone conversation with his Austrian counterpart.
According to Jahan News, Araghchi and Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger discussed bilateral relations as well as recent regional and international developments.
During the call, Araghchi briefed his Austrian counterpart on regional
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Bafel Talabani, president of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), have stressed the need for closer security coordination between Iran and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to address terrorism and maintain stability along their shared border.
According to the Young Journalists Club, Araghchi and Talabani discussed expanding economic and commercial relations, strengthening security coordination in border areas and countering terrorist threats during a
A Mother’s Words for Nastaran
Nastaran, my life, my soul, my child. Winter hasn’t even settled in yet, but here in your city, spring has already come. Chabahar, a city that is itself four springs, what good are its springs now that you’re gone?
The air is filled with the fragrance of jasmine. The scent of life flows everywhere. Do you remember those tall acacia trees? They have turned the most heavenly shade of green. But amidst all this splendor of creation, your footsteps can no longer be
