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‘We Have Broken the Wall of Fear’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 14, 2022October 28, 2022

“Iranian protesters on what brings them back to the streets four weeks in.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Two Weeks in Tehran

by Krista Stevens November 1, 2022November 1, 2022

Mass protest is often provoked by a specific humiliation, but the underlying oppression explains why unrest races through society.

Posted inFeature

The Gisoo Tree

by Mojgan Ghazirad November 8, 2022November 7, 2022

Cutting hair, a mourning, a protest, an act of defiance.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Fight of My Life

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 28, 2022December 13, 2022

“When my wife and daughter were killed in Iran’s downing of Flight PS752, my life was thrown into total darkness.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

‘Iran Was Our Hogwarts’: My Childhood Between Tehran and Essex

by Carolyn Wells September 27, 2021October 19, 2022

“Every summer, our nervous little nuclear family became the heart of a sprawling community. Parties were thrown in our honour. Relatives usually separated by social status or ancient feuds broke bread together for the first time that year.”

Posted inCulture, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes, Uncategorized, Writing

Listen to the Sound of My Voice

by Seyward Darby April 5, 2021October 19, 2022

How a journalist found her voice as her mother lost hers.

Posted inFeature

Taken and Told

by Longreads August 3, 2023August 3, 2023

A filmmaker was producing a documentary series on the Iran hostage crisis. Then her father went missing overseas.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story

All that Was Innocent and Violent: Girlhood in Post-Revolution Iran

by Naz Riahi March 18, 2020December 16, 2022

Naz Riahi recalls her vibrant childhood in a suburb of Tehran, and considers how the harsh realities imposed by the still new Islamic Republic seeped into her family’s life.

Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads October 8, 2021October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Laura Nahmias, Victor Luckerson, Arianne Shahvisi, Roberto José Andrade Franco, and Apoorva Tadepalli.

Posted inEditor's Pick

All That Is Lost and All That Is Remembered

by Sari Botton April 2, 2020October 19, 2022

On the 30th anniversary of her Navy captain father’s political execution, Naz Riahi recalls her love for him, and reveals a persistent grief that is always with her.

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