Makarem Shirazi

Is Iran’s Minister of Culture Leaving Office?

14 October 2016

Rumor has it that Rouhani’s Minister of Culture, long a target of hardliners’ criticism, has handed his letter of resignation to the president.

Inside Iran, a Diversity of Opinions Emerging over Hijab

17 July 2016

As the director of Iran’s Women Basij Society announces designation of an International Hijab Week, an influential ayatollah calls it permissible for women to remove the veil inside university if obligatory.