Leaving Iran I was born in Tehran in 1982, in the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. My mother, Zohreh, and my father, Abbas, as well as one (perhaps two?) of my mother’s brothers, in addition to two of my father’s brothers, were all members of a group called Mujahedin-e Khalq-e Iran (MEK), or […]
The Long Road Out of Iran
Growing up in the shadow of revolution, war, and exile
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Comparative Religion, Power & Politics & Global History
