Since January 2026, waking up in the morning has felt different. Before you even get out of bed, you have to choose whether to follow the news from Iran, whether to speak up or stay silent, and how to keep living with what you know. Even stepping away is a choice. No one can decide for you, and you’re the one who has to live with your choices. This morning, the regime ruling Iran executed Ali-Sina Mostafavi, a mountaineer and political prisoner. It killed another of our fellow Iranians who had protested

Bahram Rameh