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Survivors of Iranian Prisons Bring Firsthand Accounts to 9/22 UN Rally
For anyone trying to understand what political repression in Iran actually looks like, few voices can speak with greater firsthand authority than former political prisoners in Iran, Shirin Nariman and Homeira Hesami. Each supports the efforts of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). Both experienced imprisonment under Iran’s regime, giving them a personal perspective on the arrests, abuse, intimidation and fear that can accompany political dissent.
NCRI Speakers Available:
Shirin Nariman: Former Political Prisoner in Iran
Homeira Hesami: Former Political Prisoner in Iran
Alireza Jafarzadeh: Deputy Director of NCRI
Shahin Gobadi: Member of NCRI Parliament in Exile
Ali Safavi: Member of NCRI Parliament in Exile
Dr. Kazem Kazerounian: Iranian American Engineer
Col. Wesley Martin (Ret): Worked with MEK at Camp Ashraf
**Other Speakers, to include former Political Prisoners in Iran available upon request**
Nariman was only 15 when she became involved in pro-democracy activity during the aftermath of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. During her persecution, she was buried up to her neck and faced certain death. According to her biography published by the National Council of Resistance of Iran, she was arrested less than two years later and subjected to severe torture in Evin Prison, where she witnessed the execution of prisoners, including children, elderly women and pregnant women.
ABOUT HOMEIRA HESAMI…Homeira Hesami was born in 1966 in Iran. At age 16, she graduated from high school with honors but was denied acceptance to Iranian universities due to her political beliefs and activism. Her activism forced her to spend a significant period of time in prison in Iran as a teenager.
ABOUT SHIRIN NARIMAN…
At one point, while Shirin Nariman was a young political prisoner in Iran, she was tortured and buried up to her neck. Today, she is a human rights advocate, and entrepreneur residing in the U.S.
At just 15 years old, during the 1979 Iranian Revolution, she became involved in pro-democracy activities and supported the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI). Less than two years later, she was arrested for her activism—becoming one of the youngest political prisoners of her time and enduring severe torture in Evin Prison. Her case drew international attention and intervention from the Red Cross.
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