In Iran, they call it a democracy but it’s more of a dictatorship, and one day, I started protesting about the government’s policies. I knew the risks, but I felt someone had to do it. Finally, it became too dangerous for us to stay in Iran, and we escaped to Indonesia with the help of people smugglers.
In Iran, I was a civil engineer and Shekoofeh was an office worker, so it was a big shock for us to live in a refugee camp. One camp we lived in was actually a part of a jail, and we . . .