Ariana Jasmine is one of the biggest Iranian-American political content creators, whose videos on Iran’s history, the US-Israeli war on the country, and US politics have been widely shared online.
In this conversation on Real Talk, she speaks with Mohamed Hashem to discuss the Iranian diaspora’s split over western intervention, the Pahlavi monarchist movement and its “cult-like” following, and why she believes opposing the US-Israeli war on Iran made her a target within her own community.
Ariana also reflects on the personal cost of speaking out, the threats, the harassment, and why she refuses to stay silent in spite of it all.
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