As midterm election races heat up across the United States, more Muslim Americans are venturing to run for office, navigating the odds of success at a time of increasing polarization and political violence characterized by the steep rise of anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant sentiments.
If the world’s fifth most resource-rich country is incapable of providing running water and electricity to its citizens, would it not be irrational for it to remain obsessed with a nuclear program that has neither earned it any deterrence nor any civilian benefits?
The upheaval in Iran represents a watershed moment when many are awaiting long-lasting change. This is precisely the time when the voices of Iranian writers and journalists are needed more than before. It is inconceivable to ask them to remain silent bystanders.
With thousands of protesters killed and the social fabric in tatters, I mourn the Iran I knew. Just months ago, a 12-day war with Israel left scores of Iranians dead and further weakened the country’s ailing economy. Where is the treasured past and the vibrant present, that Iran once celebrated?
Three weeks of protests in Iran over the collapse of the national currency has left the country reeling from hundreds of deaths, violence, destruction, and increasing polarization. In response, Iran's diaspora has exuded division and confusion.
