For those who don't know, expat Iranians refer to themselves as Persians… at least they do here in California where we have a city nicknamed Tehrangelis and the Persian food is awesome.
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For those who don't know, expat Iranians refer to themselves as Persians… at least they do here in California where we have a city nicknamed Tehrangelis and the Persian food is awesome. 2 of my neighbors are Persians. The last 2 people we rented a room to were fresh outta Tehran.
I haven’t asked any of my friends how they feel about what’s happening, but my gut feeling is that they’re conflicted. They surely know that just being rid of Khameni’s is cosmetic and could make life even worse, but it probably feels good. (A lot of people in the USA might be able to imagine an equivalent scenario.)
I’m not really sure what my purpose is in posting this except to caution people to tread carefully and avoid assumptions about how Persians feel about this.
It also might be the reason why the response from some leaders lack the sharp "right and wrong" punch people are hungry for. They’re not talking to us. They're aware that the people who have the most to lose have very complex feelings about it.
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For those who don't know, expat Iranians refer to themselves as Persians… at least they do here in California where we have a city nicknamed Tehrangelis and the Persian food is awesome. 2 of my neighbors are Persians. The last 2 people we rented a room to were fresh outta Tehran.
I haven’t asked any of my friends how they feel about what’s happening, but my gut feeling is that they’re conflicted. They surely know that just being rid of Khameni’s is cosmetic and could make life even worse, but it probably feels good. (A lot of people in the USA might be able to imagine an equivalent scenario.)
I’m not really sure what my purpose is in posting this except to caution people to tread carefully and avoid assumptions about how Persians feel about this.
It also might be the reason why the response from some leaders lack the sharp "right and wrong" punch people are hungry for. They’re not talking to us. They're aware that the people who have the most to lose have very complex feelings about it.
@sysop408 My several Iranian friends are all "yes we wanted this to happen but not this way."
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@sysop408 My several Iranian friends are all "yes we wanted this to happen but not this way."
@smellsofbikes @sysop408 I have one Iranian friend but I haven't talked to him today.
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For those who don't know, expat Iranians refer to themselves as Persians… at least they do here in California where we have a city nicknamed Tehrangelis and the Persian food is awesome. 2 of my neighbors are Persians. The last 2 people we rented a room to were fresh outta Tehran.
I haven’t asked any of my friends how they feel about what’s happening, but my gut feeling is that they’re conflicted. They surely know that just being rid of Khameni’s is cosmetic and could make life even worse, but it probably feels good. (A lot of people in the USA might be able to imagine an equivalent scenario.)
I’m not really sure what my purpose is in posting this except to caution people to tread carefully and avoid assumptions about how Persians feel about this.
It also might be the reason why the response from some leaders lack the sharp "right and wrong" punch people are hungry for. They’re not talking to us. They're aware that the people who have the most to lose have very complex feelings about it.
BTW if anyone wants to use this as a moment to bone up on the last century of US-Iranian relations, NPR's Troughline podcast had a really great 3-part series on it told from a Persian-American point of view. (The two hosts of the podcast are Persian-Americans.)
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For those who don't know, expat Iranians refer to themselves as Persians… at least they do here in California where we have a city nicknamed Tehrangelis and the Persian food is awesome. 2 of my neighbors are Persians. The last 2 people we rented a room to were fresh outta Tehran.
I haven’t asked any of my friends how they feel about what’s happening, but my gut feeling is that they’re conflicted. They surely know that just being rid of Khameni’s is cosmetic and could make life even worse, but it probably feels good. (A lot of people in the USA might be able to imagine an equivalent scenario.)
I’m not really sure what my purpose is in posting this except to caution people to tread carefully and avoid assumptions about how Persians feel about this.
It also might be the reason why the response from some leaders lack the sharp "right and wrong" punch people are hungry for. They’re not talking to us. They're aware that the people who have the most to lose have very complex feelings about it.
@sysop408 I mean, Persian expats very well may refer to themselves as Persian Americans, but I doubt Azeri or Kurdish Iranian expats would. More than a third of Iranians identify as an ethnicity other than Persian.
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BTW if anyone wants to use this as a moment to bone up on the last century of US-Iranian relations, NPR's Troughline podcast had a really great 3-part series on it told from a Persian-American point of view. (The two hosts of the podcast are Persian-Americans.)
@sysop408 The #US has a long history of involvement & interference in #Iranian politics going back for a century. Nothing new to see here.
️If you're interested, here's the #ChatGPT synopsis of the history of the involvement of the US in Iranian politics:
https://chatgpt.com/share/69a3c4e4-085c-8011-9b5d-21f6bbf677ac
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For those who don't know, expat Iranians refer to themselves as Persians… at least they do here in California where we have a city nicknamed Tehrangelis and the Persian food is awesome. 2 of my neighbors are Persians. The last 2 people we rented a room to were fresh outta Tehran.
I haven’t asked any of my friends how they feel about what’s happening, but my gut feeling is that they’re conflicted. They surely know that just being rid of Khameni’s is cosmetic and could make life even worse, but it probably feels good. (A lot of people in the USA might be able to imagine an equivalent scenario.)
I’m not really sure what my purpose is in posting this except to caution people to tread carefully and avoid assumptions about how Persians feel about this.
It also might be the reason why the response from some leaders lack the sharp "right and wrong" punch people are hungry for. They’re not talking to us. They're aware that the people who have the most to lose have very complex feelings about it.
@sysop408 I used to work with a guy named Shahriar, back around 1982, who said he was Persian. Nice guy, very intelligent, played a mean game of ping pong. I always had a feeling he was related to the Shah and had been forced to leave the country.
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For those who don't know, expat Iranians refer to themselves as Persians… at least they do here in California where we have a city nicknamed Tehrangelis and the Persian food is awesome. 2 of my neighbors are Persians. The last 2 people we rented a room to were fresh outta Tehran.
I haven’t asked any of my friends how they feel about what’s happening, but my gut feeling is that they’re conflicted. They surely know that just being rid of Khameni’s is cosmetic and could make life even worse, but it probably feels good. (A lot of people in the USA might be able to imagine an equivalent scenario.)
I’m not really sure what my purpose is in posting this except to caution people to tread carefully and avoid assumptions about how Persians feel about this.
It also might be the reason why the response from some leaders lack the sharp "right and wrong" punch people are hungry for. They’re not talking to us. They're aware that the people who have the most to lose have very complex feelings about it.
@sysop408 One side of my family is Levantine, meaning I have family all over the middle east. Persia is how I grew up hearing it also, and has always been how I reference it, unless discussing political modalities.
The pictures of pre-revolution Tehran are amazing. Sort of like how the pictures of Beirut show a cosmopolitan coastal beauty, Tehran was beautiful and peopled with glamorous, stunning humans.
The Levant has lost a lot since the fall of the Ottomans and the rise of colonialism and the inevitable responses.
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For those who don't know, expat Iranians refer to themselves as Persians… at least they do here in California where we have a city nicknamed Tehrangelis and the Persian food is awesome. 2 of my neighbors are Persians. The last 2 people we rented a room to were fresh outta Tehran.
I haven’t asked any of my friends how they feel about what’s happening, but my gut feeling is that they’re conflicted. They surely know that just being rid of Khameni’s is cosmetic and could make life even worse, but it probably feels good. (A lot of people in the USA might be able to imagine an equivalent scenario.)
I’m not really sure what my purpose is in posting this except to caution people to tread carefully and avoid assumptions about how Persians feel about this.
It also might be the reason why the response from some leaders lack the sharp "right and wrong" punch people are hungry for. They’re not talking to us. They're aware that the people who have the most to lose have very complex feelings about it.
@sysop408 I have this at hand very close in the local cultural multi-diverse volunteer-team in real life.
And I am not the only one in my TL.
Kdrama is a great Safe-Spot here on M.
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