ICAN Director of MENA Programs and Iranian women’s rights activist Sussan Tahmasebi commented recently in multiple media outlets on the new Iranian president Hassan Rohani and women’s rights in Iran. In a recent article with Radio Free Europe, Tahmasebi...
“Iran is facing a very complicated and difficult situation. The society is oppressed by both the domestic government and the international community,” said Parisa Kakaee, a women and children’s rights activist from Iran. “But even in this situation, activists are...
Twenty-five organizations signed a letter to President Obama, calling on the administration to “take all necessary steps to ensure that licensed humanitarian goods are not prevented from reaching the people of Iran as a result of U.S. sanctions imposed on the U.S....
Killing them Softly: The Stark Impact of Sanctions on the Lives of Ordinary Iranians. (Summer 2012) In its ongoing series of MENA region ‘What the Women Say’ briefs, ICAN provides a gendered analysis of the impact of sanctions, echoing the voices and experiences of...