01/14/2026
Moonlight shines on Iran’s rising mother. The Asia’s highest live volcano Mt Damavand symbolizes Iranian strength, resistance against tyranny, and a national identity in Persian culture. I can’t find beauty in the night sky when my motherland is in pain, where I lived until 2011. I have paused my usual posts and shared stories to be a voice for the voiceless Iranians. I understand your primary connection to my content is peace and inspiration that the night sky provides and I’m sorry if this is disturbing.
What is happening to protesting Iranians is crime against humanity. A population of 90 millions were keep in a total communication cut. Every night, huge crowds are on the streets in all 31 provinces of the country chanting for regime change. The Islamic Republic leader ordered open shooting at unarmed protestors, young and old, family members falling to the ground next to each other, turning the last page of this 47-year nightmare. Iranian opposition media report 12,000-20,000 people are killed in the past few nights, while the scene kept hidden from the world. Survivors who require urgent care are being denied access to state-controlled hospitals or were taken by regime forces. Doctors are warned treating injured protesters is a crime. Families seeking their lost ones are asked by the regime forces to pay 7 Billion Rials (~ $6000) to receive the bodies of protesters it has killed.
This level of violence combined with extreme corruption and economy collapse, explain why Iranians become largely secular, why Iran has the world’s most separated nation from its government, why every few years an uprising happens, and why the nation no longer seek government reform.
For almost half a century Iranians have lost their today and tomorrow, peace and happiness. Art, culture, justice, honesty, and dignity have been constantly suppressed in the name of religion.
