Amir Khorram

Amir Khorram
Born
Seyyed Amir Khorram

(1963-02-14) 14 February 1963
NationalityIranian
Alma materShiraz University
Political partyFreedom Movement of Iran (1986–2018)
Military career
AllegianceIran
Battles / warsIran–Iraq War (WIA)

Amir Khorram (Persian: امیر خرم) is an Iranian engineer and political activist.

He was a senior member of the Freedom Movement of Iran,[1] and one of its central committee members.[2]

Khorram had been arrested several times and spend more than ten years in prison for his political activities between 2001 and 2016.[3]

Views

Khorram maintains that political groups such as Freedom Movement of Iran keep discontented people from turning against the establishment, metaphorically comparing them to a "moat" that prevents people from leaving a "castle" (Iranian regime).[4]

References

  1. ^ "Arrests Continue As State TV Confirms Eight Killed In Iran Protests", RFE/RL, 28 December 2009, retrieved 20 January 2020
  2. ^ "Iran: Ailing Revolutionary Icon to Be Jailed", Human Rights Watch, 27 April 2012, retrieved 20 January 2020
  3. ^ "Amir Khorram Released From Evin Prison", Hrana, 17 February 2016, retrieved 20 January 2020
  4. ^ Delkhasteh, Mahmood (1 May 2016), "The moat that preserves the castle. What are the elections in Iran for?", openDemocracy, retrieved 20 January 2020