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Wide cinematic image of a large crowd of Iranian Americans standing together in black and white, while only four individuals are highlighted in color holding American flags. The image symbolizes low civic participation and the importance of political engagement within the Iranian American community.

Wide cinematic image of a large crowd of Iranian Americans standing together in black and white, while only four individuals are highlighted in color holding American flags. The image symbolizes low civic participation and the importance of political engagement within the Iranian American community.

Iranian American Civic Engagement: Why the Stakes Have Never Been Higher

Most Iranian Americans know what it feels like to lose freedom. Few are using the freedom they have. Here is why that has to change.

Brian Taef

May 267 min read

We Are Cyrus staff members speaking with community attendees at an American civic engagement event focused on freedom, justice, courage, and leadership.

We Are Cyrus staff members speaking with community attendees at an American civic engagement event focused on freedom, justice, courage, and leadership.

Who We Are: The Mission Behind We Are Cyrus

There are moments in history when people are called to stay silent, and moments when people are called to stand up. We believe this is one of those moments. We Are Cyrus was created to unite Iranian Americans and freedom-minded people around a simple but powerful idea: freedom survives only when good people participate. Tens of millions of Iranians fled oppression, censorship, corruption, war, and authoritarian rule in search of something better. America became home not becau

Brian Taef

May 262 min read

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