Abadan, The Rise and Demise of an Oil Metropolis
The image of Abadan as a vanguard city of oil-driven modernity was transformed by its role in the 19[...]

How Iran Will Respond to New SanctionsSince December 2017, Iran’s currency, the rial, has lost one-third of its value. And on April 10, the exchange rate’s rapid depreciation prompted the government...
Kaveh Akbar: “I Was Already An American Last Week When A Leaf Fell” and more…Kaveh Akbar is the founding editor of Divedapper. His poems appear recently or soon in Poetry, Ploughshares, APR, Tin House, and elsewhere. His debut collection...
French-Iranian Writer’s Debut NovelI’m always chasing after the present. But the present doesn’t exist. It’s only an intermission, a temporary respite, which might at any moment be swept away, de...
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