“I don’t even know if my sister or my mom are safe. They are participating in the protests in Tehran and Mashhad, the cities where the most people are being killed.” On the streets of Iran, millions of people risk their lives by chanting a name that was banned for 47 years. Darya Safai, who fled the yoke of the ayatollahs and the Revolutionary Guards 25 years ago, looks at the protests in her homeland with hope.
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Refugee Darya Safai (N-VA) combative despite threat: “If we die for the freedom of Iranians, we are proud”
Bytaketonews
Jan 12, 2026