Arash Bahmani

“I previously spent two weeks in jail in 2006 while I was being investigated under the charge of insulting the Supreme Leader.”

“the judge at the Revolutionary Court said he had issued me an eight-year prison sentence, on the previous charges.”

“We were forced to remain immobile and on the ground for 45 minutes, all covered in mud.”

“If I had been arrested without travel documents in Iraq, I would have been facing six months in prison before being extradited.”

“I was told after two weeks that my application would be accepted, but it took nearly two months for the documents and paperwork to arrive.”

“One man told me that even 25 years after he went into exile from Iran, he has a suitcase packed and ready to go home.”