Post #8

The labor displacement and expected impact on the workforce of technology in Iran is consistent with the impacts across the world. More and more people will lose their jobs to machines and algorithms. While many engineers will be employed to help develop artificial intelligence, this will not be enough to combat the overall loss of

Post #7

In his book Half the Sky, Kristoff opens the introduction with a story about Srey Rath, a Cambodian teenager. Kristoff retells Rath’s story of being forced into sex trafficking at the age of fifteen. The abuse Rath endures during this time is outlined. Rath explained how she was told that one gangster known as “the

Post #6

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie introduces her TED talk “The Danger of a Single Story” by starting with an anecdote from her childhood. In this anecdote she talks about how when she was young she only had access to American and British books, so when she began writing at a young age she wrote similar stories with

Post #5

Florence Nightingale believed that it would be better to leave and help other people in need when warring parties use the aid to their advantage rather than staying to help because at this point aid fails in its purpose. In other words, Florence Nightingale believed it was best to help where the most people would

Post #4

Iran has suffered from extreme levels of poverty for over forty years. In December 2017, protests took place across the country protesting four decades of a brutal dictatorship that was responsible for the deteriorating Iranian economy, corruption, and suffering to Iranian people. Supreme Leader Khamenei and President Rohani neglected the people’s misery throughout their rule,

Post #3

Iran has recently experienced an economic downturn due to the sanctions being placed on them by the United States, and the effects of coronavirus. The recent economic situation in Iran has been compared to the Great Recession by economists; although, some expect the current recession to be even worse. Iran has experienced many economic obstacles

Post #2

Nationalism is the feeling of belonging to a certain nation as well as the support for the countries interests and sometimes the belief that one’s home country is superior to other countries in various ways. Iran is an Islamic Republic so acts of nationalism have also been closely related to religion. However, recently studies sponsored

Post #1 Coronavirus in Iran

The current coronavirus pandemic happening worldwide has led to a staggering number of deaths; however, due to the falsifying of information and coronavirus statistics by some governments, it is unclear how accurate the total death toll is worldwide. In an attempt to appear like the country has the pandemic under control, governmental officials in some