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About Iran, from an Iranian Woman [View all]
About Iran, from an Iranian Woman
@lilsmichelle
No matter what happens to me in this life, no matter where I live or what language I speak, I will always be an Iranian woman. In every lifetime, I would choose to be Iranian.
Today marks a historic day for Iranians around the world. After nearly fifty years under a regime built on repression, the man who stood at the center of that system is gone. For many of us, the feeling was not shallow celebration. It was release. It was the unfamiliar sensation of air returning to lungs that have been compressed for decades.
And yet the moment Iranians allowed themselves to exhale was the moment the world decided to correct us.
The same world that was silent during mass executions. Silent when political prisoners were killed by the thousands. Silent as women were beaten in the streets. Silent as families buried their children. That silence has now transformed into moral instruction.
https://lilsmichelle.substack.com/p/about-iran-from-an-iranian-woman?r=5zq7kv&utm_medium=ios&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGngtfz9VIbitcz2vQY4eK-vWST8wGsq51VuNDHirKqzrSMX-mq9iwObpK7t18_aem_gjd42OWfcbmVOm6u80ACPA&triedRedirect=true
@lilsmichelle
No matter what happens to me in this life, no matter where I live or what language I speak, I will always be an Iranian woman. In every lifetime, I would choose to be Iranian.
Today marks a historic day for Iranians around the world. After nearly fifty years under a regime built on repression, the man who stood at the center of that system is gone. For many of us, the feeling was not shallow celebration. It was release. It was the unfamiliar sensation of air returning to lungs that have been compressed for decades.
And yet the moment Iranians allowed themselves to exhale was the moment the world decided to correct us.
The same world that was silent during mass executions. Silent when political prisoners were killed by the thousands. Silent as women were beaten in the streets. Silent as families buried their children. That silence has now transformed into moral instruction.
https://lilsmichelle.substack.com/p/about-iran-from-an-iranian-woman?r=5zq7kv&utm_medium=ios&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGngtfz9VIbitcz2vQY4eK-vWST8wGsq51VuNDHirKqzrSMX-mq9iwObpK7t18_aem_gjd42OWfcbmVOm6u80ACPA&triedRedirect=true
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