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.
2 Feb 2026 4 minute read 5 comments Melina Mehr
Day five of the blackout and all I have left is writing. Today marks the second full day that our internet has been completely severed. Yesterday I went to a friend’s house and — according to satellite channels — NetBlocks confirmed that nationwide...
1 Feb 2026 2 minute read 3 comments Melina Mehr
My heart couldn’t bear it. I sent several messages—and then I learned the words that stopped my breath: “My sister had been shot” That night, when I finally reached home, my calls to my sister met only the same cold, mechanical voice: “The subs...
30 Jan 2026 3 minute read 6 comments Melina Mehr
I can't believe it! We haven't had internet for three long days now! I'm going crazy. We can't even text each other. Phones, laptops, electronic devices seem so useless at this point... Damn it!... Let me at least share the rest of my story here... t...
29 Jan 2026 3 minute read 20 comments Melina Mehr
Today marks the second day of the total nationwide internet blackout in Iran, and everything has basically come to a standstill—life itself feels frozen. Shops are shuttered, the city has sunk into an eerie silence, and here I am, deciding to wri...
27 Jan 2026 2 minute read 8 comments Melina Mehr
Right now, as I type these lines, we have no internet. Not even SMS reaches each other. Our only bridge to the outside world — and to one another — is landline calls between people still inside the country, checking who is still breathing. Let th...
25 Jan 2026 2 minute read 29 comments Melina Mehr
We ran through the alley, banging on doors, hearts pounding. Suddenly, someone opened theirs, and we all rushed inside, huddling silently behind the door, waiting for the sound of engines to fade away. Only later did I realize how terrifying that...
7 Jan 2026 1 minute read 5 comments Melina Mehr
The demonstrations usually unfolded like this: at first, a few dozen of us would walk together quietly. As our numbers grew, we’d start chanting. I remember one time when we were already several hundred strong, shouting slogans and moving down th...
4 Jan 2026 2 minute read 3 comments Melina Mehr
As nationwide protests in Iran enter yet another intense chapter, I felt the need, in the midst of all this, to look back at the years gone by—to remember the protests from decades past and the quiet, trembling memories I carry from my university d...
30 Dec 2025 1 minute read 2 comments Melina Mehr
Here's the The Loneliest Frame of ProtestWhen there is nothing left to lose. (This image and video from yesterday's protests (December 29, 2025) on Jomhouri Street in Tehran has truly become one of the most iconic moments of this wave of rece...
11 Dec 2025 2 minute read 9 comments Melina Mehr
On December 10, 2025, the Federal Reserve delivered its third interest rate cut of the year, dropping the federal funds rate by 25 basis points (0.25%) to a new range of 3.50%–3.75%. The move fits the Fed’s classic dual job: keep employment strong...
