Freedom of Expression and Association
Discussion of free speech, press freedom, academic freedom, civic participation, peaceful assembly and the right to organise. This area explores the liberties essential to public life in a democratic Iran.
Sur-e Esrafil display, Constitution House of Tabriz.
Sur-e Esrafil was part of the vibrant press culture surrounding Iran's Constitutional Revolution. Associated with editor Mirza Jahangir Khan Shirazi, it linked journalism, political criticism and constitutional debate at a formative moment in Iranian public life. The image reminds us that freedom of expression has an Iranian history as well as a universal claim.
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