My Experience as an American of Iranian Ethnicity

It’s taken a long time for me to process and put into words the topic that I am about to talk about.

Initially, I thought that perhaps I should do some reading and research on Iran and the life of a typical person of Iranian ethnicity. But then I realized that that really wasn’t the purpose of this article. I don’t need to validate my experiences against the experiences of another person of Iranian ethnicity. My experience is my own.

During the past couple of years, I have read a few books about Iran that have given me…