By Hamid Abhari, Sarikhani Research Fellow It was a summer morning in Tehran when the war sirens blared. My suitcase lay packed by the door, ready for a flight that would never take off. In the days that followed, I watched the news with anxiety, wondering when I could finally depart. What was meant to be the start of my fellowship at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) turned into weeks of uncer...