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America Must See Iran With Clear Eyes
The current protests in Iran have filled immigrants like me with so many different emotions. But whatever happens, one of the most beautiful outcomes of this moment is that, for the first time, many Americans are seeing Iranians as separate from their government.
Survivor’s Guilt
A few weeks ago, I was horrified to find myself online, in the middle of booking a plane ticket to Iran. I know part of me really wants to be with my sisters and brothers at the moment when they’re on the cusp of ending forty years of tyranny and oppression. But another part of me was terrified to realize what a suicide mission I was planning.