A distant relative of mine who goes by the name The Omid (yeah, it’s weird, whatever) just sent me these photos from Iran. He’s a photographer and described the current situation as chang, which means “war” in Farsi. When some of my family members hit the election booths on June 12th, the ballot-boxes were already overflowing with fake ballot papers. The Omid’s been going to the protests every day since. Read more »










