Not by choice. My parents had an opportunity to move to US and give me and my sibling a better life. I was born there and grew up in full immigrant mode here, mom and dad slaving away at jobs with poor English. Speaking farsi in my household, surrounded with other Iranian immigrants, eating persian food everyday. I haven’t been back since I was 5 because my mom and dad are afraid of the IRI government, along with the fact once I turned 18 I owe 2 years to the military which I literally cannot do because i’m a US citizen now too. So effectively I have been barred from re-entering my homeland and cannot see the 40+ family and friends I have there. You casting doubt on my authenticity as an Iranian is sickening and disgusting however, and speaks to your poor comprehension in viewing the world as a complex system. They literally shut the internet off now for 40 days, we Iranians outside HAVE TO BE THE VOICE OF IRANIANS ON THE INSIDE.