Iran Is Our Inheritance
S. Rouzbeh
2026-09-05

Iran is the home we have inherited, whose walls still hold our mother's scent. Its doors may be locked and its lights put out, but no one can erase a home from the memory of those to whom it belongs.

Iran
is our fathers' legacy;
not a deed
inside a locked safe,

but a home
where our mother's scent
still
lingers in the walls.

Its key
was taken from us,
its windows were shut,
its lights put out —

but can a tree
ever be severed
from the memory of its roots?

We
are not returning
to seize a stranger's home;

we
are returning
to our own home.

Iran
we will reclaim,

like a key
that once again
turns in the lock of its own home,

like a river
that after many years
remembers the way
to the sea.

Iran
is not one group's inheritance;
it is the home of us all.

And a home
may be shut,

but cannot be
from its owner's memory
erased.

Source: https://srouzbeh.com/en/posts/entry-1788646873526-1bc46ba3
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