He had come from an affluent family who never had trouble with the law. The Shah's secret police walked him into a small room and lifted the hood. They screamed at him. Slapped him. Kept him all day with no food or bathroom use, demanding a confession and names of his co-conspirators.The crime? Writing poetry, the Iranian exile told about a dozen Roxbury Latin School students in a small classroom last Thursday.
from The West Roxbury Transcript: Iranian 'dissident' talks about imprisonment for poetry to Roxbury Latin
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