Amir Ahmadi Arian

Of Fire and Rain

It was sometime in the afternoon, checking my phone for news from home, that I saw the flames.

The Gray Tick

Since leaving Iran fifteen years ago I have felt a permanent anxiety for loved ones there. Never is it sharper than when the regime shuts the Internet down.

‘Die Once, Mourn Once’

In the first hours of Israel’s war on Iran, my friends and family in the country gave voice to a deep exhaustion and despair.

Soleimani and the Propaganda Art of Iran

This commemoration of Soleimani as the ultimate martyr is the latest manifestation of the Islamic Republic’s long history of communicating political messages in graphic media—a particular cultural tradition of propaganda.