Hoda Katebi is an Iranian American writer, community organizer, and labor attorney based between Chicago and Oakland.

May 03, 2026

Hoda Katebi

Demonstrators wave pre-1979 Iranian flags, as well as American and Israeli ones, on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on March 29, 2026.

For Iranians, Despair Is Not Strategy

An Iranian American reflects on how the diaspora, grieving for the Iranians caught between domestic repression and imperialist intervention, came to be at war with itself.

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For Iranians, Despair Is Not Strategy