July 18, 2021
Child marriages in Iran
Fariba (on the left) from the nomadic areas of Khuzestan Province, has recently been married at the age of 14.…
July 15, 2021
Migrants crossing Iran-Turkey border
An Afghan boy hides inside a sewer pipe made of concrete next to a railway near Iran-Turkey Border. In a…
July 11, 2021
5th wave of COVID-19 in Iran
A COVID-19 patient hospitalized in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran’s second-largest province bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan — Iran is bracing for…
July 5, 2021
Iran’s driest year in half a century
Just a few days ahead of the summer solstice, reserve level at Shahid Abaspour Dam in Khuzestan Province has dropped…
March 31, 2021
Birth control ban in nomadic tribes
Health Ministry’s rural offices no longer give out contraceptives to nomadic women. “A number of these women, having gone through…
March 8, 2021
Fuel couriers in Sistan Baluchestan
“Poverty and high unemployment have forced Baloch men to carry fuel,” says photographer Saba Taherian. Draught and flawed policies have…
March 1, 2021
Lost in daydreaming
“This man, alone in the bus with his groceries, was lost in daydreaming,” says Tehran-based photographer Amirali Chitsaz. “It was…
January 23, 2021
Cameleers in Qeshm Island
“Each village in Qeshm has a cameleer who takes the camels of the residents of the village to a grazing…
January 18, 2021
Slum-dwelling children of Karaj
“Close to a railroad, there they live in a ruin. I go inside. He takes a plastic gun out of…
January 13, 2021
Saffron farmers in Torbat Heyarieh
Saffron farmers in Torbat Heyarieh wake before dawn to go about their delicate business. Early morning is the magic hour…
January 9, 2021
Taraneh’s Sama dancing ecstacy
“Taraneh, an old friend of mine, asked me to photograph a documentary series of her Sama dancing,” says Tehran-based photographer…
January 6, 2021
Tobacco farmers in the north
Three men are carrying harvested tobacco leaves to their truck. “It had rained the night before and working in the…