You Don’t Want Our Freedom—You Want Our Destruction
PodcastIran has infrastructure. Iran’s infrastructure is not the Islamic Republic’s infrastructure. It’s that simple. Even if the IRGC uses the bridges, hospitals, schools, and internet, this infrastructure still belongs to Iran. Even if we call the IRGC “occupiers” (strange, isn’t it? A label Israel has worn proudly for decades now gets slapped on the IRGC… — read more
Bread, Lead, and the Logic of Revenge
PodcastThink about this situation carefully—don’t run away. Be honest with yourself and with your conscience. This is not an easy test. It is not meant to be. The measure is simple and merciless: beyond our political divisions—whatever they may be—can we refuse to forget that we are human? Here is the test. Imagine you are… — read more
Trading in Pain: Inside–Outside Iran and the Emotional Market of Politics
PodcastThe fracture between Iranians living under the Islamic Republic and those in the diaspora is not, at its core, a political disagreement. It is something much older, cruder, and far more difficult to resolve: a collision between two entirely different lived realities that have, over decades, produced two incompatible languages, two irreconcilable hierarchies of suffering,… — read more
