Showing posts with label Persia/Iran. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Persia/Iran. Show all posts
Thursday, January 15, 2026
Simon O'Connor: Persia persists
Labels: Persia/Iran, Simon O'ConnorSome reflections on the protests in Iran, and exploring the reasons why the usual activists, mainstream media, and others are disturbingly silent despite a nation's desire to be free.
Iran has a wonderful, deep, and rich history. Persia, as it was once known, has enriched the world from the great poetry of Rumi to Avicenna’s work in medicine and philosophy. Persians are a distinct ethnic, linguistic, and cultural group and often, mistakenly, thought of as Arab. Persian’s speak Farsi, whereas Arabs speak, well, Arabic!
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