The minaret of a mosque is visible behind the ruins of a police headquarters that is completely destroyed in US-Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on March 2, 2026. | Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images
There is a photograph on Instagram of a girl who shares almost my exact name — Roya Rastegar. She is 33 years old. She is from Isfahan, my grandfather’s city. Security forces raided her home in January and arrested her. No one has heard from her since.
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The US-Israeli strikes on Iran began while Iranians were still reeling from the regime’s January 8–9 massacre...
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