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Youth

A youth network is forming. It is a place for young Iranians abroad to explore identity, heritage and leadership in their own way.

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  1. 4 To Be an Iranian, American, or Iranian American: Family, Cultural Resistance, and the Paradox of Ethnic Identity among Second-Generation Iranian Americans (2025). Iranians in Texas. DOI 10.7560/331323-009
  2. Anoosha Aghakhani (2007). The career development of first and second generation Iranian-Canadians. University of Calgary. DOI 10.11575/prism/1373
  3. Mehdi Bozorgmehr, Daniel Douglas (2011). Success(ion): Second-Generation Iranian Americans. Iranian Studies. DOI 10.1080/00210862.2011.524047
  4. Fereshteh Ahmadi (2017). Ethnic Identity from a Macro-Sociological Perspective: Second-generation Iranian “immigrants”. Journal of Science, Humanities and Arts – JOSHA. DOI 10.17160/josha.4.1.266
  5. Elham Eshraghian (2021). Áshená, Bear Witness To Me Empathy In Film, Poetry And Art: Identity Building In First And Second Generation Iranian-Australian And Bahá’í Community. The University of Western Australia. DOI 10.26182/6yvz-vr59

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01What it offers

  • 01

    Leadership

    Workshops on running projects, speaking in public and leading groups.

  • 02

    Identity

    Conversations on growing up between cultures, in every language and background of Iran.

  • 03

    Heritage

    Music, literature, history and food, taught by people who know them.

  • 04

    Projects

    Small projects that young people design and run with support.

02Who it is for

  • Teenagers, with parental consent
  • Students
  • Young professionals
  • Second and third generation Iranians

03How it works

Interest
young people, or parents for those under age, register interest.
Groups
a group forms in a Chapter or online once enough people join.
Activities
the group chooses activities with a trained adult lead.
Projects
members propose and run projects with support.

04What it always keeps

  • Every activity with minors follows the safeguarding policy.
  • No young person is recruited to a party, faction or faith.
  • Every background and language of Iran is welcome.
  • No photos of minors are published without written consent.

05Courses

06More in Development

  • Forming

    Women

    A network for women on leadership, enterprise and mutual support.

  • In preparation

    Elders

    Company, care and the recording of memory for older members of the community.

  • In preparation

    Wellbeing

    Vetted referrals to culturally competent mental health and social care.

  • In preparation

    Newcomers

    First steps in a new country, with a local guide from a Chapter.

  • In preparation

    Families and heritage schools

    Support for families and weekend schools that teach the languages and heritage of Iran.

  • In preparation

    Convenings

    Festivals, lectures and gatherings, with private venues and published rules.

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APA

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). Youth. iranians.global. https://iranians.global/development/youth/

Chicago

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “Youth.” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/development/youth/.

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	author = {{Iranian Diaspora Cooperation \& Development Council}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Youth},
	url = {https://iranians.global/development/youth/},
	howpublished = {https://iranians.global/development/youth/},
}

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  1. 4 To Be an Iranian, American, or Iranian American: Family, Cultural Resistance, and the Paradox of Ethnic Identity among Second-Generation Iranian Americans

    2025 · Iranians in Texas

    ChapterCrossrefOpenAIRE

  2. The career development of first and second generation Iranian-Canadians

    Anoosha Aghakhani · 2007 · University of Calgary

    OtherDataCiteOpenAIREOpen access

  3. Success(ion): Second-Generation Iranian Americans

    Mehdi Bozorgmehr, Daniel Douglas · 2011 · Iranian Studies

    ArticleCrossref

  4. Ethnic Identity from a Macro-Sociological Perspective: Second-generation Iranian “immigrants”

    Fereshteh Ahmadi · 2017 · Journal of Science, Humanities and Arts – JOSHA

    ArticleOpenAIREOpen access

  5. Áshená, Bear Witness To Me Empathy In Film, Poetry And Art: Identity Building In First And Second Generation Iranian-Australian And Bahá’í Community

    Elham Eshraghian · 2021 · The University of Western Australia

    OtherDataCite

  6. Aspirations and Job Success of Highly Qualified Second Generation Iranians in Germany

    Lars Müller, René Kooij · 2019 · Iranian Studies

    ArticleOpenAIRE

  7. Unveiling the veiled and veiling the unveiled: revealing the underlying linguistic ideologies and their impact on Persian language loss and maintenance among second-generation Iranian-American college students

    Farah S. Ramezanzadeh · 2012 · University of Utah

    ArticleDataCite

  8. Am I Swede or Iranian? The question of national and ethnic identities among children of Iranian immigrants in Sweden

    Fereshteh Ahmadi, Babak Ahmadi, Saeid Zandi · 2022 · SN Social Sciences

    ArticleOpenAIREOpen access

  9. (Un)learning citizenship in Canada : Iranian immigrant youth’s silences, contradictions, and expressions

    Maryam Nabavi · 2011 · cIRcle (University of British Columbia)

    ThesisOpenAlexOpen accessCC-BY-NC-ND

  10. Ethnic Identity among Second-Generation Iranians in the United States

    Ali Akbar Mahdi · 1998 · Iranian Studies

    ArticleCrossrefOpenAIRE

  11. Second-Generation Iranian Zoroastrians in a New American Homeland: A Case Study in California

    Paulina Niechciał · 2022 · Iranian Studies

    ArticleCrossrefCC-BY-4.0

  12. A pigeon with two nests: a case of first- and second-generation iranians

    Chelsey Zamir · 2018

    ArticleOpenAIRE

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