Sunday, June 29, 2025

"Iranians" who have been here 47 years arrested/deported. They never refer to themselves as "Iranians"--they always say Persians.

https://apnews.com/article/iran-immigration-arrests-us-trump-deportations-9a4136657bda3a277125738807848368
One came bc her father was executed by the Shah.
Several supported Aung San Suu Kyi from Burma.
Some came via Teheran after Khomeini returned from Paris in 1979.
I knew then he would pull Iran back to the Middle Ages.
When he died there was pandemonium, his remains almost falling out of coffin as it was airlifted by helicopter.
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My poetry mentioned by Nathan Thompson in SEAsia Globe--2015.

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/poetry-myanmar-southeast-asia-globe/