The Iranian Diaspora Is Awake. Now What?
In a guest essay for The Red Letter, Parizad Parchi reflects on the emotional toll of war in Iran and the deeper trauma it’s reawakening across the diaspora.
Welcome back to The Red Letter.
I’m featuring a personal essay today from my friend Parizad Parchi, who I’ve watched up close over the past weeks move through something I think many in the Iranian diaspora are feeling right now — hope, fear, grief, and deep uncertainty.
As the war in Iran unfolds, it’s not just a geopolitical story. It’s reopening someth…
