روموڤ (ضيعجي راديكالي)

I’m Persian. Let me tell you our story. Nearly 1,400 years ago, the armies of the early Islamic caliphate invaded Persia and brought down the Sasanian Empire. If you saw what ISIS did a few years ago, you know how brutal conquest in the name of religion can be. In the two centuries after the conquest, Persian could have faded away, as local languages did in some other lands the caliphate conquered. But our ancestors kept it alive. We still speak Persian, and we’ve held on to who we are. Today, Iranians are still risking their lives to take back their country from the Islamic Republic. Through it all, we’ve never lost our love for Iran. So when we tell you what it’s like to live under a theocracy, listen to us. Don’t give up. Stand up for your freedom and protect your country.