Today is 10 December, and the Day against execution.
In my country, execution of people has turned into a regime game of terror and violence against the Iranian people. This poem was written in memory of the last victim of state violence against...
Author: rouhi
We cannot separate
written by Ali Rasuli translated by Rouhi Shafii We cannot separate,a moon which has fallen into the sea from the waves. I cannot separate the beauty from your eyes, or the flower from the...
My daughter
She is braiding her hair in the sunshine, and invites me slowly, from the shade to the glare of light. There is a rainbow on the far end of the horizon, left from the...
A second letter to my MP requesting a session at the parliament to inform the MPs of Iran situation
Dear Sarah, On 27 October I sent you an email in which I requested, of possible to book a room in the Houses of Parliament for us, a number of Iranian women, so we...
Expel the Islamic Republic of Iran’s representatives from the CSW!
while Iran and women of Iran are fighting for their lives and their livelihood. While women and young girls are being beaten up and dragged to the vehicles and taken to unknown destinations to...
On the streets of over 200 towns and cities in Iran
The youth of Iran, especially the girls are making history. Unafraid of the many armed agents of the Islamic regime they are in control of the streets and have shown great courage in confronting...
The coffin of a journalist was stolen on arrival in Iran
We oft hear of bizzare things which these days are happening in Iran, but stealing a dead body is beyond all imagination. Anyone who hears about such horrific act of total cruelty wonders why...
Evin Prison on Fire
Situated in the northern part of the capital Tehran is the notorious Evin prison, where from the Shah’s era, political prisoners were kept in there. During the Shah many of those who opposed the...
The Walls
(This poem was written in the wake of the crackdown on the young women demonstrators in Iran who want to be free of Hejab and gender discrimination and live a life of equality, freedom...
