(JNS) The most important story is not always the one dominating the headlines. Sometimes, it is a question—a question so disturbing that few are willing to ask it out loud, and fewer still are willing to contemplate the answer. One such question begins with something that may seem ordinary: women’s hair.
I will return to this issue in a moment. For now, I will note that, as the world debates the newly released Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran, another story is quietly being whispered in the background. It is a story about the Iranian people, 48 years of tyranny and the fate of the dissidents who never returned home.
As analysts, politicians and commentators dissect the MoU’s elements, judgments are being rendered by everyone: the left, the center, the right, Christians, Jews and countless others. Meanwhile, much of the Iranian diaspora feels confused, speechless, utterly betrayed and deeply uncertain about what the future holds.
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