Aoife Mannix: ''Feck their culture' - how my mother railed in Iran'

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
My New Year's resolution had been to stop getting sucked into the misery of the world the moment I wake up
Yet as I fumble to check the time, my phone flashes the words 'Iran' and 'assassination'
My heart misses a beat as for a moment I am no longer on the pull-out sofa bed in my father's study in Dublin but back in Tehran
Visiting my family used to be considerably more traumatic though it has never been dull.