Animal Trade

SFYou: Pourya Sardari

By: Clarence Ndabahwerize, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of violence against women. Pourya Sardari is an international student from Mashhad in Iran’s Razavi Khorasan province. Sardari is currently pursuing a Master’s in Biological Sciences and recently made a class presentation about his research on the illegal trade of wildlife in Iran. The Peak sat down with Sardari to talk about his work, as well as the current situation in the country following the death of Mahsa Amini. “First of all, in Iran we don’t have any solid research to try to pinpoint what are the primary drivers of the illegal…

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