Pathways with Saloomeh: The SAZ Method, San Francisco, CA (2026)

03/01/2026

We waited. We survived. Now we watch it fall. And we will not forget. And we will not forgive.
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02/28/2026

For over four decades, the Islamic Republic has ruled Iran through fear, torture, imprisonment, and murder. For over four decades, Iranians inside Iran have risked everything — their lives, their families, their futures — to cry out for freedom. And for over four decades, those of us in exile have carried Iran in our hearts, waiting for this moment.
That moment is now.
I want to be clear about something. There were those who said we should not accept outside help. That Iran should free itself alone. I want to ask those people — how do you tell a prisoner locked in a cell to open the door and walk out by themselves? You cannot. Freedom sometimes requires support. It requires allies. It requires courage from those outside the walls as well as those inside them.
The help came. And I am grateful. To the United States. To Israel. To everyone who stood on the right side of history when it mattered most.
I have always stood on this side. I have always known where I belong. But I will be honest — I was too patient. Too tolerant of the noise, the obstruction, the ideology-driven opposition that has done nothing but throw sand in the path of Iranian unity for years. The lefties who romanticized a regime that tortured and killed their own. The ones who couldn’t set aside their ego or their envy long enough to stand with 90 million Iranians who are screaming for a secular, democratic future.
History already showed us what happens when we are too tolerant. Reza Shah was too tolerant. He left Iran with tears in his eyes rather than spill blood. And look what filled that vacuum. We cannot afford to repeat that lesson.
There is one transitional path forward. One voice of unity. And it is time for every Iranian — inside Iran and in the diaspora — to make a choice. Stand with the people of Iran, stand with unity, stand with a free and secular Iran. Or step aside.
I am picking my side. Loudly. Proudly. Unapologetically.
We will remember who stood with us. And we will remember who didn’t.
Zero tolerance. Not anymore.
— Saloomeh N. Saz

01/26/2026

“1001 Nights” feels like a prayer for a homeland forced to survive too many nights.

Tonight I’m thinking of Iran — of innocent lives taken, of families shattered, of names that should still be here: children, students, workers, sisters and brothers… stolen by bullets, prisons, and enforced silence.

But One Thousand and One Nights is also a story of survival. Scheherazade stays alive by refusing to stop telling the truth — one night, one story, one breath at a time. And that is what Iranians are doing now: voice after voice, name after name, refusing to disappear.

To every grieving mother. To every father searching hospitals and prisons. To every person who stood with empty hands and full courage: you are not forgotten. Your lives are not statistics. Your names are a vow we carry.

This regime can blackout the internet and rewrite the headlines, but it cannot erase what happened. Justice has a long memory. One day, those who ordered and carried out these crimes will answer for every life stolen.

Until that day: we listen, we remember, we sing — night after night — until Iran sees morning. امشب با «هزار و یک شب» (علیرضا قربانی و سحر بروجردی) یادِ ایران می‌افتم؛ یادِ سرزمینی که انگار باید بیش از توانش شب را تاب بیاورد.

به یادِ جان‌های بی‌گناهی که گرفته شدند… به یادِ خانواده‌هایی که از هم پاشیدند… به یادِ اسم‌هایی که نباید خاموش می‌شدند: کودک، دانشجو، کارگر، زن و مرد — قربانیِ گلوله، زندان، و سکوتِ تحمیلی.

اما «هزار و یک شب» فقط قصۀ تاریکی نیست؛ قصۀ ماندن هم هست. شهرزاد زنده می‌ماند چون از روایتِ حقیقت دست نمی‌کشد — شب به شب، قصه به قصه. و مردم ایران هم همین کار را می‌کنند: صدا پشت صدا، نام پشت نام، برای اینکه سکوتِ جهان شکسته شود و این شبِ بلند تمام.

به هر مادر داغدار، به هر پدر چشم‌به‌راه، به هر انسانی که با دستِ خالی و دلِ پر از شجاعت ایستاد: فراموش‌تان نمی‌کنیم. شما عدد نیستید. نام‌های شما پیمانِ ماست.

این رژیم می‌تواند اینترنت را قطع کند و حقیقت را پنهان کند، اما نمی‌تواند آن را نابود کند. عدالت حافظه‌ای بلند دارد. روزی خواهد رسید که آمران و عاملان این جنایت‌ها پاسخ خواهند داد — برای تک‌تک جان‌هایی که از ما گرفتند.

تا آن روز: گوش می‌دهیم، یاد می‌کنیم، می‌خوانیم — شب به شب — تا صبحِ ایران

01/24/2026

I’m Iranian—but I’m outside of Iran.
And that sentence carries its own kind of pain.

I wake up in safety while my people wake up into fear.
I drink water while mothers in Iran are swallowing screams.
I go on with “normal life” while an entire nation is living an emergency.

From here, I watch. I refresh. I pray. I rage.
I feel helpless in a way that is humiliating—because my heart is in Iran, but my hands can’t reach it.

And then comes the guilt:
How do I breathe freely when others are being suffocated?
How do I laugh when someone else is burying a child?
How do I carry privilege without letting it turn into silence?

If you’re Iranian outside Iran and you feel like you’re split in two—
one foot in safety, one foot in grief—
you’re not dramatic. You’re not weak. You’re awake.

We are living a long-distance heartbreak.
But our love is not passive.
Our voices are not optional.
We will not look away. We will not move on.
We will keep saying their names, telling the truth, and holding the line—until Iran is free.

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من ایرانی‌ام—اما بیرون از ایران
و همین جمله خودش یک دردِ جداست

من در امنیت بیدار می‌شوم، وقتی مردمم با ترس از خواب می‌پرند
من زندگیِ «عادی» دارم، وقتی یک ملت دارد با بحرانزندگی می‌کند.

از این‌جا فقط نگاه می‌کنم. رفرش می‌کنم. دعا می‌کنم.خشمگین می‌شوم.
و یک درماندگیِ تلخ روی قلبم می‌نشیند—چون دلم ایراناست، اما دستم به آن نمی‌رسد.

و بعد عذاب وجدان می‌آید
چطور نفس بکشم وقتی دیگران را خفه می‌کنند
چطور بخندم وقتی کسی دارد کودکش را به خامی‌سپارد؟چطور امتیازِ امنیت را داشته باشم و ساکت نمانم؟

اگر تو هم بیرون از ایران هستی و حس می‌کنی دو تکهشده‌ای—
یک پا در امنیت، یک پا در سوگ
تو اغراق نمی‌کنی. تو ضعیف نیستی. تو بیداری

ما داریم یک دل‌شکستگیِ راه‌دور را زندگی می‌کنیم
اما عشقِ ما منفعل نیست
صدای ما انتخابی نیست
ما چشم برنمی‌گردانیم. ما عادت نمی‌کنیم
ما حقیقت را تکرار می‌کنیم—تا ایران آزاد

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01/24/2026

Neutrality isn’t moral when a people are being hunted.
Iran is facing state terror—killing, torture, imprisonment, executions, and unspeakable brutality.
Enough statements. Enough delays. Act now. Pick a side: the people of Iran—or the regime that brutalizes them.

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بی‌طرفی وقتی یک ملت را شکار می‌کنند، اخلاقی نیست—همدستی است.
ایران زیرِ ترورِ حکومتی است: کشتار، شکنجه، زندان، اعدام، و سبعیتی که از واژه‌ها فراتر می‌رود.
بس است با بیانیه و تعلل. همین حالا اقدام کنید. یک طرف را انتخاب کنید: مردم ایران—یا رژیمی که آنها را نابود می‌کند.

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01/18/2026

After 47 years, the truth is not complicated.

Iran didn’t “accidentally” end up here. A revolution was sold as justice—and it delivered a regime built on fear, prisons, executions, torture, and endless propaganda. Then the same people who cheered it on spent decades arguing, denying, and rewriting history… while their own lives stayed bitter, confused, and broken.

Enough.

Inside Iran, the people are speaking clearly: “Javid (Javed) Shah” (جاوید شاه) — “Long live the Shah.”
They want dignity back. They want a future. They want the return of national pride, order, and a modern Iran.

Stop distorting reality. Stop flipping the truth and pushing people to doubt what they can plainly see—unless your goal is manipulation.
This is simple: The regime must go. Iran must return to itself.

And to world leaders—especially President Trump: supporting a free Iran is not only right for Iranians, it’s better for the whole world. A free Iran means less terror, less proxy war, and more stability.

Let Iran live. Let Iran lead.

بعد از ۴۷ سال، حقیقت اصلاً پیچیده نیست.

ایران «اتفاقی» به اینجا نرسید. انقلابی را به اسم عدالت فروختند—اما نتیجه‌اش شد حکومتی بر پایه‌ی ترس، زندان، اعدام، شکنجه و تبلیغات بی‌پایان. بعد هم همان‌هایی که آن روز کف زدند، دهه‌ها نشستند و بحث کردند و انکار کردند و تاریخ را تحریف کردند… در حالی که زندگیِ خودشان هم در تلخی، سردرگمی و شکست گیر کرد.

کافیست.

امروز داخل ایران، مردم یک حرف روشن دارند: «جاوید شاه» (یعنی: زنده‌باد شاه).
مردم عزت می‌خواهند. آینده می‌خواهند. نظم، امنیت، شأن و یک ایرانِ مدرن می‌خواهند.

بس کنید تحریف واقعیت را. بس کنید حقیقت را وارونه جلوه دادن و مردم را نسبت به واقعیت دچار تردید کردن.
بس کنید عمداً همه‌چیز را «پیچیده» جلوه دادن—مگر اینکه هدف‌تان دستکاریِ ذهن مردم باشد.
این موضوع ساده است: این رژیم باید برود. ایران باید دوباره به خودش برگردد.

و خطاب به رهبران دنیا—به‌ویژه رئیس‌جمهور ترامپ: کمک به آزادی ایران فقط به نفع ایرانی‌ها نیست؛ به نفع کل جهان است. ایرانِ آزاد یعنی ترور کمتر، جنگ نیابتی کمتر، و ثبات بیشتر.

بگذارید ایران زندگی کند. بگذارید ایران خودش را پس بگیرد.

01/17/2026

A deadly crackdown. Mass arrests. Executions. An internet blackout meant to hide the truth.

This is not “complicated.” When people demanding basic rights are met with bullets and prisons, the moral line is clear.

There comes a moment when “neutral” isn’t a position—it’s a decision.
Pick a side: humanity or cruelty.
If you look away, you’re not staying out of it—you’re protecting the oppressor with your silence.

Do something today:
• Share Iranian voices + verified reporting
• Call/email your elected officials: demand pressure, investigations, accountability
• Support credible groups documenting abuses

Your attention is protection. Your voice is pressure.

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01/16/2026

These days, grief is our shared language.
If you’re feeling heavy, tired, numb, or on edge—there’s nothing “wrong” with you.
You’re human. And you’re not alone. 🤍

این روزها غم، زبانِ مشترکِ ماست.
اگر دلت سنگینه، خسته‌ای، بی‌حس شدی یا مدام دلشوره داری—اشکالی نداره.
تو انسانی… و تنها نیستی. 🤍

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01/14/2026

Listen to Iranians. Stop erasing their reality.

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12/27/2025

There’s a kind of survival that looks like success from the outside.

In today’s world, we learn to move fast—fast enough to outrun our feelings, fast enough to keep up with what’s expected, fast enough that no one notices the inner split. We become fluent in the emotional masks that make life smoother: the calm face, the polite smile, the “I’m fine.” Sometimes we even become skilled at choices we don’t feel proud of, not because we don’t know right from wrong, but because we’re trying to get by in a world that often feels unforgiving.

And yet, the truth doesn’t disappear. It lives somewhere private—quiet, persistent, waiting.

There are moments that wake us up: catching someone’s energy as they rush past, realizing how quickly time is moving, feeling that sudden need to release what we’ve been gripping for too long. Letting go of the past doesn’t mean erasing it. It means loosening the hold it has on our present.

My hope for next year is simple, and maybe even radical: that we won’t need two lives to survive. That we can live with less hiding, less performing, less pretending. That our public life can look more like our sacred life—not perfect, not spotless, but honest. Whole. Aligned.

Because the real freedom isn’t in having a secret life.
It’s in not needing one.

Saloomeh N. Saz

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