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Iranian women are fighting to recover our dignity and exercise our personal freedoms so that, one day, all Iranians can choose our government in free and fair elections. We shouldn’t be afraid ...
Iranian Americans, also known as Persian Americans, are United States citizens or nationals who are of Iranian ancestry, or who hold Iranian citizenship.. Most Iranian Americans arrived in the United States after 1979, as a result of the Iranian Revolution and the fall of the Iranian monarchy, with over 40% settling in California, specifically Los Angeles.
The 2000 Census Bureau estimates that the Iranian American community (including the US-born children of the Iranian foreign born) numbers around 330,000. Studies using alternative statistical methods have estimated the actual number of Iranian Americans in the range of 691,000 to 1.2 million.
Mona and Tamanna, two Iranian American sisters in their early 30s who declined to share their last name because they feared for their family in Iran, said they were inspired to be part of the ...
On September 16, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, died after being detained by Iran’s so-called morality police. Her death ignited a long-simmering anger in the people of Iran ...
This is a list of notable Iranian-Americans of all Iranian ethnic backgrounds, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Iranian-American or must have references showing they are Iranian American.
The study underscores the necessity for targeted policies that address the intersection of gender and ethnicity, particularly for marginalized groups like non-Persian women; because, in terms of experiencing income inequality in society, "non-Persian women" are in a worse position compared to "Persian women", "non-Persian men", and "Persian men ...
The courageous women who were on the streets after the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini in Iranian morality police custody have made a lasting difference, writes Mahnaz Afkhami.