{"id":411226,"date":"2026-04-22T05:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/411226\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T05:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:20:09","slug":"new-iranian-diaspora-group-looking-to-change-the-narrative-in-ireland-there-is-a-gap-in-terms-of-grounded-insights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/411226\/","title":{"rendered":"New Iranian diaspora group looking to change the narrative in Ireland \u2013 \u2018There is a gap in terms of grounded insights\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">The Galway-based, female-led network of Iranian immigrants believe human rights concerns are being overshadowed by geopolitical issues\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dr Mahya Ostovar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ea43f78a-933c-4210-a8b9-ecfadf77e8c9.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Dr Mahya Ostovar<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The surge in fuel prices and the protests that followed has reminded Ireland that wars in the Middle East affect countries and communities far beyond the region. With the US-Iran conflict far from over, a new Galway-based advocacy group has launched an appeal for Ireland and the EU to place Iranian people \u2013 and not just geopolitical interests \u2013 at the centre of international decision\u2011making.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The Iranian Democratic Diaspora Network in Ireland (IDDNI) is a multi-ethnic, non-partisan, female-led network of Iranian first\u2011generation immigrants living across Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Galway-based, female-led network of Iranian immigrants believe human rights concerns are being overshadowed by geopolitical issues Dr&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3307,180589,61,11829,60,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-411226","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-erika-sassone","9":"tag-galway-news","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-iran","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}