Killing of Iranian activist in Canada exposes increasingly bitter divisions within the diaspora

NEW YORK — Masood Masjoody had a long history of firing accusations at those he considered adversaries. So when he claimed on social media last fall that two fellow Iran-born activists were plotting to kill him, it did not get much notice. Then the mathematician disappeared in early February. By mid-March, police in British Columbia … Read more

Iran’s internet blackout silences voices at home as diaspora creators fill the void

NEW YORK — Iranian American Ariana Afshar has tried to produce commentary about the first weeks of the war in the Middle East based on the perspectives of people in Iran. But the New York-based social media creator keeps running into an obstacle: An internet blackout imposed by the government in Tehran has stifled almost … Read more

A free Iran is their shared dream. But the diaspora remains torn on the best path forward.

“We are not a monolith,” the Iranian Diaspora Collective, an Instagram account with over 81,000 followers, wrote in a post. “Millions of people will never share the same ideology or identity and that plurality is the strength of any free society.” Los Angeles-based pastor Ara Torosian, a Christian who moved to the United States from … Read more