Co-founders Siavash Karampour (C/R) and Sasan Oskouei (R) are pictured producing the traditional Iranian spirit "Aragh Sagi" at a distillery in Yonkers, New York, on April 21, 2026. Three Iranian men pressed rehydrated raisins at an artisan distillery just outside New York, thousands of miles from their war-struck homeland. They were carefully producing aragh sagi, a traditional spirit banned by the clerical authorities along with all alcohol following the 1979 Islamic revolution. Despite its outlaw moonshine status, the drink is still made clandestinely and consumed inside Iran. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images)