Inviting the Enemy

The Iranian Diaspora’s New Politics of Belonging Séamus Malekafzali In September 1980, Reza Pahlavi, having been deposed as crown prince only a year earlier, wrote a letter on the royal stationery of a dynasty that no longer existed. It was not addressed to his supporters, nor to any foreign government, but to the new government of his home country, the Islamic Republic. In the letter, Pahlavi…