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My father was executed by the government after the Islamic Iranian revolution in…

My father was executed by the government after the Islamic Iranian revolution in…

by nhoa | Apr 11, 2020 | Uncategorized

My father was executed by the government after the Islamic Iranian revolution in 1989. I was only about 5 at that time, so it’s all a bit blurry. But I remember waking up one early morning and Mum saying, ‘We're leaving’. We didn’t even get a chance to say...
By the age of 25, I had a great job, my own import business which I was running …

By the age of 25, I had a great job, my own import business which I was running …

by | Dec 1, 2018 | Uncategorized

By the age of 25, I had a great job, my own import business which I was running on the side, my own apartment, a very good car, and a good group of friends. Life was treating me very well. But then all that changed. In 2009, our president was re-elected, but as most...
In Iran, I had a job as a researcher in Aquatic Animal Health. But opportunities…

In Iran, I had a job as a researcher in Aquatic Animal Health. But opportunities…

by | Nov 18, 2018 | Uncategorized

In Iran, I had a job as a researcher in Aquatic Animal Health. But opportunities to grow and develop a profile in national and international levels for a female scientist were very limited, so it was always in the back of my mind to leave. Still, when I told my...
The first time we tried to leave Iran was not a success. We paid people smuggler…

The first time we tried to leave Iran was not a success. We paid people smuggler…

by | Oct 31, 2018 | Uncategorized

The first time we tried to leave Iran was not a success. We paid people smugglers to take us to Turkey. They divided us into two groups and said they would be moving us three days apart. In the first group was my mum, 3 sisters, my uncle and a friend. In the second...
(3/3) In the distance, we could see an island, and then the port of a tiny villa…

(3/3) In the distance, we could see an island, and then the port of a tiny villa…

by | Jun 9, 2018 | Uncategorized

(3/3) In the distance, we could see an island, and then the port of a tiny village. The fisherman had already made a few phone calls along the way and when we got there, after one or two hours, hundreds of people had gathered. They put us in a big room, and police and...
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