To those who are exhausted by pain and fatigue, to those whose affairs are difficult and whose wishes are delayed or distressed, to those who are weighed down by worry and grief, or by thinking about the future, and to those who are kept awake by fear and terrified by anxiety in the face of life’s circumstances, here are these words, phrases, and fleeting thoughts, with reflection on some of the verses. Pauses with supplication and its effect, and reflections that contain a dose of patience, good faith, optimism in God, and lack of despair, frustration, and pessimism in this life.
Since the revolution that overthrew the Shah in 1979, Iran has lived in a state of constant turmoil and major social and political fluctuations. From there, Delphine Menoui, a French journalist of Iranian origin, writes about her experience living in Iran for ten years, including one of the most ambiguous periods in Iranian history, the Green Movement.