(1/3) I was involved in the Iranian Green Movement or Persian Spring. We believed in freedom, and were protesting for weeks against what we believed was a rigged election. First, one of my friends got shot by the militia. Then, a few of my friends were arrested, and when you are arrested in Iran, you may be tortured or killed. Over the next few months, I grew more and more worried that my friends would give my name under torture, and this was also like a kind of psychological torture for me. Finally, I decided I had to leave . . .
(1/3) I was involved in the Iranian Green Movement or Persian Spring. We believe…
