Forough Alaei

Forough Alaei is an Iranian photojournalist with a particular interest in women's rights and economic issues. In 2019 she won a World Prss Photo first place.

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The Young Women Challenging Iran's Regime

Of the many paradoxes presented by the Islamic Republic of Iran, the most confounding remains its stubborn preoccupation with regulating women. The 1979 revolution that brought fundamentalist clerics to power in an ancient, diverse, and...

By Forough Alaei
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