Mehdi Aslani launches his new book in Australia

Mehdi Aslani is the former political prisoner in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mehdi Aslani was born in Tehran, Iran. After graduating high school he was drafted to serve in the military. When the revolution started in 1978, Mehdi fled his military unit to participate in the revolution. He joined a Marxist group called The Organization of the Fedayean Khalgh. In 1985 the Islamic Republic authorities arrested Mehdi because of his political affiliation and after months of torture and interrogation sentenced him to 6 years of imprisonment. Mehdi survived the 1988 prison massacre and was released in March of 1989. After his release he fled Iran because of the constant harassment by the authorities. He resettled in Germany, where he continued his activities to expose the Islamic Republics atrocities and gross human rights violations. Mehdi has published his prison memoirs in a book called The Crow and the Rose. He is also a co-publisher of The Hemlock Forest, which is a collection of last wills by executed political prisoners.

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