My Terrorists Face Judgment Day

Iranian women are seen cutting off their hair to protest the Islamic Regime authorities. (Photo by Ana Fernandez/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images.)
For most people, the commanders Israel has just eliminated will be foreign names. For me and for the people of Iran they are the monsters who have terrorized our families.
--:--
--:--
Upgrade to Listen
5 mins
Produced by ElevenLabs using AI narration
135
I’ve spent the past four years of my life being hunted by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. They sent agents to kidnap me from my home in New York. They hired assassins to kill me on American soil. They even followed me to Davos, Switzerland, where I had to be helicoptered out from my hotel.
If not for the FBI’s protection—and the more than 21 safe houses I have shuttled between over the past few years—I might not be alive to write these words.
So yes, this moment is personal. But it is also far bigger than me.
Enjoying the story?
Enter your email to read this article and receive our daily newsletter.
Already have an account?
Sign In