Amir Farshad Ebrahimi

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Amir Farshad Ebrahimi (Persian: امیر فرشاد ابراهیمی , born August 14, 1975) is a former member of Quds Force of Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution,But yets he is currently a peace and human rights activist living in Germany.

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[edit] Paramilitary career

Born in Zargandeh district of Tehran, he joined Basij at the age of 12.[verification needed] Right after graduation from Alborz High School he joined the Ansare-Hezboolah special forces,[citation needed] one of the Rahbar forces of Sepahan and graduated as a cavalry from Imam Ali military school of Qods army with the major in psychological warfare engineering.

[edit] Media career

He got a bachelor of Fine Arts in 1997 with a cinema major. He was the media attaché of the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon from 1997 to 1998. After coming back from Lebanon, he went to the law school and got his Master Degree in International Law from Tehran University in 2002. He is Doctoral Degree In Human Rights From Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey majoring in human rights.

[edit] "Confessions"

Ebrahimi appeared in a controversial videotape in the year 2000, apparently confessing to a link between the hardline Iranian political and religious leaders and violent actions of brown shirts in Iran known as Ansar-e Hezbollah. Ebrahimi who had previously held close connections to the members of this group, revealed a number of their inside secrets in the video tape. After the circulation of this tape, human rights lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi was accused by an Iranian court to have been involved in making the tape. She was vacated and released from prison after a brief period. Ebrahimi was also sentenced and spent two years in prison.[1]

[edit] Works

He has written two books, From Sarband to Blindfold and Republic of Ghosts, both in Persian, which were banned in Iran after publication[citation needed]. As of February, 2006, he is living in Germany and writing his memories of those days when he was an insider and analyzing Iran’s news.



On March 27, 2008, wire reports[2] stated that he was in danger of extradition from Turkey to Iran, on charges that he "collaborated with peace Activist's in the flight of Ali Reza Asgari from Iran."[3] His participation in several other events that have embarrassed Iran -- including unconfirmed reports that he provided intelligence on Iran's nuclear weapons program to the United States -- raise the likelihood that he will be imprisoned and/or executed if sent to Iran

[edit] References

  1. ^ BBC News | MIDDLE EAST | Conviction of Iranian lawyers condemned
  2. ^ NewsMax [1] Human Rights Activist Arrested In Turkey (retrieved 27 March 2008)
  3. ^ War and Piece [2]

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