News about Bitcoin in Iran and the gradual progress towards the acceptance of cryptocurrencies especially among the ordinary people, not just rich and influential people, but the real ones and the same people I care about the most. Of course, to achieve this, many obstacles must be crossed.
13 Sep 2026 2 minute read 2 comments Melina Mehr $0.15
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you see this picture? Two young people lying on the floor inside their home, sleeping under a blanket. Anyone, anywhere in the world, would reach the same conclusion, right? Yet this photo caused...
5 Sep 2026 1 minute read 5 comments Melina Mehr $0.15
Let’s take a look at a new trend that has emerged on Iranian social media (especially Instagram). A very dangerous trend, and at the same time a highly eye-opening one for anyone who wants a real understanding of Iran’s current society. It’s ab...
20 Aug 2026 2 minute read 7 comments Melina Mehr $0.50
At the supermarket, the prices had climbed again. A yogurt costs 210,000 Tomans — about a dollar and a half. I told myself, skip the yogurt, today. buy Doogh instead. Only 40,000 Tomans (24 cents). That will do. When I get home, I should clean the...
16 Aug 2026 1 minute read 9 comments Melina Mehr $0.14
Remembering the days of January 7 and 8… Have you ever forgotten a memory, only for it to rush back into your mind all at once, clear as day, at a moment you never saw coming? And you ask yourself, “Why did I ever forget it?” I was walking with frien...
9 Aug 2026 2 minute read 30 comments Melina Mehr $0.25
You must be curious to know what that graffiti meant. If you want, let me tell you the story... These days I see so many videos of people in the United States calling their government fascist and dictatorship, shouting all kinds of slogans. To be...
3 Jul 2026 2 minute read 3 comments Melina Mehr $0.12
Memories of Ashura… A city dressed in black, mourning for others, when it should be crying for itself. Today I left the house to buy some fruit and vegetables. The whole city is covered in black. If you don’t know why, let me tell you an old story....
27 Jun 2026 2 minute read 16 comments Melina Mehr $0.20
After three months of complete isolation — no internet, cut off from the entire outside world — the country that had sunk into total digital darkness is finally back online. It’s been about a month now since the connection has returned. Slowly, u...
17 Feb 2026 1 minute read 2 comments Melina Mehr $0.22
The man in the white hoodie, carrying an injured person through the blood-soaked streets of Iran during the protests, is named Hamid Mahdavi. He was a young firefighter from Mashhad—a kind-hearted, funny guy who ran an Instagram page about firefi...
15 Feb 2026 3 minute read 4 comments Melina Mehr $0.64
Yesterday my sister was arrested. My mother broke the news to me over the phone, her voice trembling. One sister already wounded, taken to surgery. Now this one—taken away. What is happening to our family? The strange, almost bitter irony is...
13 Feb 2026 1 minute read 4 comments Melina Mehr $0.22
It is two in the morning. I woke up to upload a few videos to YouTube. At this hour the internet flows like a quiet river, fast and clean… and the VPNs — for once — actually work. In just half an hour I managed to upload all four videos. Four vide...
