IRANCHAMBER.COM • 2026-03-20

When Advocacy Backfires: How the Iranian Diaspora Helped Create a Monster in the World’s Eyes

For decades, Iranians living outside their country, collectively known as the Iranian diaspora. These Iranians moved to countries across the world, primarily after the revolution of 1979. Each of them had their own reasons for leaving Iran.

PROGRESSIVE.INTERNATIONAL • 2026-03-23

Iran, Third World People and U.S. Foreign Policy, Palestine Perspectives, 1979

A 1979 editorial from Palestine Perspectives argues that the Iranian Revolution was a direct response to decades of U.S. imperialism, specifically the CIA-MI6 coup in 1953 that overthrew a democracy to install the brutal, Western-backed dictatorship of the Shah.

THEGUARDIAN.COM • 2025-09-12

After years living quietly in Florida, Shah of Iran’s alleged ‘chief torturer’ must face accusations in court

Parviz Sabeti crafted a low-profile life for his family – but now he faces a $225m lawsuit over atrocities committed in prisons in Tehran and elsewhere.

IRANCHAMBER.COM • 2026-03-13

Why We Only Hear Diaspora Voice Who Want War

In coverage of the war against Iran, a familiar choreography is playing out again, one that the media have carefully refined to exploit the perceived credibility of diaspora groups in order to push war and empire. This phenomenon of selectively and specifically amplifying diaspora voices who will cheerlead for war is now a well-documented feature of the American media ecosystem.

EDITION.CNN.COM • 2026-05-09

‘Super Revolutionaries’: The radical Iranian hardliners bent on sabotaging a deal with the US

“They view resistance against the United States and Israel as an eternal fight,”