Iran was always a great country in my childhood eyes. I left Iran at the age of 11. It was not until I went back to Iran at 15 that I saw with my own eyes what Iran didn’t have. There was no democracy. Walking on the streets of Tehran brought back so many memories, but I couldn’t imagine myself walking those streets for the rest of my life. It was nothing compared to walking outside on a street in Virginia or anywhere else in the U.S. I felt guilty as I watched people because I knew I was free and they were not.
Another election has arrived for Iran and I am thinking…are they really going to get what they deserve? Are they really going to get their freedom, their democracy? What can I do for them? The only thing I can do, as I am sitting here, on my comfortable bed, reading a magazine on Hollywood gossip, while Iranian women are protesting for equal rights, is to vote. As an Iranian I feel obliged to vote because I am Iranian too. I could have been living there, among them, seeing what they see, going through their problems. But now that I am here, it is my duty to vote so that hopefully they too could have what anyone, in any country or in any nation embraces…freedom.
My land, My Iran: Why I Have to Vote
commendable that you feel the duty. but don’t you think that you need to inform yourself of the different aspects of your decisions? the ongoing discussions as to the best way of achieving iranian ideals.
and you shouldn’t try to export the western brand of democracy to a country you hardly understand. please use your power knowledgably!
If the vote is a sham, with pretend candidates for a pretend presidency in a pretend government, you can pretend you are helping democracy. But any vote is collaborating with the mullahs’ pretence that the country is not a slave state.
Bless your heart.
You confirm something I think we all know.