Hijab is prohibited in the Muslim Republic of Azerbaijan!
Last week, there was no shortage of topics, from political and media margins to the news-making controversies of the cyberspace, of which "Deke Margins" has gone to the most important and controversial ones.
Ambassador Arjan - Mehr Magazine; Miqat Karbalai: Autumn is slowly approaching the last days of its first month; The calendar predicts rain and cold, but in the world of news, there is still no peace. The Strait of Hormuz is still at the center of developments, and on the other side of the ocean, America is struggling with the fuel shortage crisis; A crisis that has led Washington to seek the help of Western countries to overcome it. It is as if a country that has been a complicated version for others for years, is now looking for the help of others in order to get out of a predicament that it itself played a role in its formation. In France, the streets have not been free of protests, and these student protests and the French authorities' treatment of the protesters have once again raised the question of how far the freedom of speech and the right to protest will be recognized when the voice of opposition is raised from the streets of the West. In addition to these high-profile developments, other corners of the world of politics and media have also witnessed events that each have a separate narrative of contradictions, margins and adventures these days; Narratives that may be less seen in the noise of big news, but reading them is not without story. Next, we will go to the margins of the week's news.
When the hijab ends at the cost of being deprived of education
The image of a girl who was expelled from school because of hijab and is now standing behind the closed window of the classroom so that she can follow the lesson from there, indicates a suffering that does not end when the school doors are closed. In the Republic of Azerbaijan, the publication of videos of girls deprived of education due to hijab has once again turned the issue of discrimination and limiting the right to education into a subject to ponder. Painful images that cannot be easily ignored. However, what is important in this is not only the reaction to this event, but also the standard we use to see human suffering. Geographical proximity, nationality, ethnicity or ideological alignment should not determine which suffering we see and which injustice we remain silent against. Depriving girls of education due to hijab in the Republic of Azerbaijan, depriving girls of education due to gender in the Taliban government or the existence of discriminatory structures, all three are examples of violation of the right to education and deserve attention, protest and condemnation. With this description, the silence of some political and intellectual currents of individuals against the deprivation of Azerbaijani girls from education, while the same currents take positions in other cases, is questionable. If it becomes difficult to condemn an injustice because of a difference in the victim's identity or belief, perhaps it is time to reexamine our moral standards; Because human suffering cannot be graded by geographical and political boundaries.
The resignation of the Trump administration official admits to the failure of the surrender project of Iran
Joe Kent, the resigned director of the Trump administration's National Counter-Terrorism Center, has acknowledged the failure of the calculations of the United States and the Zionist regime in confronting Iran. Referring to the martyrdom of the leader of Iran and the removal of a number of moderate figures, he described these actions as wrong and said that contrary to the promises of the Zionists to Trump, these attacks not only did not lead to the collapse of the Iranian regime, but also strengthened the position of the radical currents and the greater unity of the Iranian people against the United States.
Kent also said that by deceiving Trump, the Zionist regime has brought the United States into a conflict whose benefits will go mostly to Israel, while its costs will be imposed on the American people. His suggestion to Trump is to withdraw from this path; A confession that once again highlights the gap between Washington's declared goals and the realities on the ground. He says, Trump can save himself from this trap by withdrawing now; Without further escalation of tensions and without waiting for an agreement, the Iranians basically cannot give him what he wants.
In his speech on October 7, 2026 in Greece, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio tried to place Iran in the position of the historical enemy of Western civilization by referring to the campaign of King Xerxes to Athens and the burning of the shrines of the Acropolis. A historical narrative that is used in the middle of a military confrontation with Iran to justify Washington's threats today. At the same time, after months of conflict and failure to realize its initial goals, America is facing difficulty in bringing its Western allies along and changing the equations of war.
But the reaction of the Pahlavi movement and part of the royalists to these statements was also strange; A movement that has always presented itself as a defender of Iranian identity, ancient history and Aryan heritage, but has remained silent against the anti-Iranian narrative of the American authorities. This silence was even criticized by some of their own figures; that despite claiming to separate the people from the Iranian government, America has targeted the country's vital infrastructures and now, by referring to ancient wars, it is introducing Iranians as a destructive nation. This contradiction raises an important question, if the claim of defending Iran and Iranian civilization is serious, why is the attack on the history and identity of this land not met with a proportionate response? The story becomes more ponderable when the same currents that consider themselves the heirs of the glory of ancient Iran, remain silent in front of the American authorities' narratives about Xerxeshah and Iranian civilization.
Dog of Naziabad; A survival allusion to American camaraderie
In response to Donald Trump's change of position regarding Volodymyr Zelensky and his support for the removal of the Ukrainian president, Ismail Beqaei, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, pointed to a sentence attributed to Henry Kissinger: "Being an enemy of America is dangerous, but being a friend of America is deadly." Baqaei then recalled a phrase of Jafar Shahri, a writer and Tehran researcher, and said: "Some people are like the dogs of Naziabad"; An ironic expression used in popular literature to describe ignorant people who treat strangers and acquaintances alike.
This irony, aside from a verbal joke, points to a contradiction in Washington's foreign policy behavior: the relationship with the United States, even for the countries that are at some point in the ranks of its allies, does not necessarily mean having stable support. Trump's change of position regarding Zelensky has once again raised the question of how much the border between ally and competitor depends on the current interests of the United States in the equations of the White House. Using a familiar expression of Iranian popular culture, Baqaei expressed this diplomatic discussion in a sarcastic and understandable language for the general audience.
Will the outskirts of Tehran be too tight for renters?
For many households, renting a house in the cities around Tehran is a way to escape from the heavy costs of living in the capital. But field reports show that rent prices in areas such as Ray, Islamshahr, Pardis, Varamin, Qarchak and Rabat Karim have increased in the last two weeks. An event that can limit the choices of tenants in Tehran's alternative markets.
This situation occurs in a situation where, according to the report of Iran Statistics Center, point-to-point inflation of housing rent has reached 32.8% in Shahrivar 1405. Although this figure is lower than the general point-to-point inflation, it does not mean that rent is cheaper for households; Because the rent has continued to increase compared to last year and consumes a fixed part of the monthly income of the tenants. On the other hand, the official index of rent inflation is not necessarily the same as the offered prices of newly sold houses or the terms of new contracts; Therefore, the reduction of available files along with the increase in housing costs can make it more difficult for renters to find the right home.
Majidi in Busan; When the children of Iran are involved
Majid Majidi spoke for a short time at the Busan Film Festival; Of course, not about the state of cinema or the award it has received, but about the children of Iran, the students of Minab, the war and the people who pay for the sanctions and aggressive attacks of America and Zionists. On the stage of an international festival, he did not ignore the suffering of his people and spoke words that may not seem pleasant to some homeless people, but for him it was more important than any consideration of the festival and international prestige. Majidi said about the same people who have been narrating their stories in the cinema frame for years; People whose children are not spared from brutal attacks.
After receiving the award for the best film of the Busan festival, Majidi said, recalling the aggressive attack on the Minab school: "On the first day of the attack, 168 innocent children were dismembered; So that the bodies of some of these children were never found." "We lost four to five thousand people," he said, referring to the targeting of houses, universities and residential areas. What do you think is the crime of our people? They just want to be independent. We will stand until the end." These words were the narrative of the director who told the world audience about the suffering of the Iranian people and the price they have paid for their independence.