Poopak

Paramus, NJ

Iran 1979

I am an Iranian-American. I was 8 years old when Iran revolution happened. My parents would take my brother and I to the demonstrations on the Shahiyad square which was the center of the gatherings. We lived just a few blocks from the square. The footage that I see from Egypt these day reminds me of those days in Iran. It is as if it is Tehran, like a dejavue.

Keep religion out of the revolution. I have heard so many times in the past few days that Egyptian are different from Iranian. I remember that back in 1979 so many different political groups with different point of views were fighting for a democratic Iran but they ended up with a Islamic government which my generation still blames their parents for it.