(Video Clip Courtesy of Mihan TV)
Berkeley Lecture Series Presents:
A Lecture by
Mehdi Aslani
Topic:
His New Book,
“The Last Breath of the Rose”
Place: Central Stage
Date: April 28, 2019
Time: 6-9 pm
“The Last Breath of the Rose” is the title of an annotated edition of a collection of 137 letters, the last will and testaments left behind by victims of mass executions, kidnappings, and assassinations, which were carried out by the security and intelligence agencies of the Islamic Republic of Iran during a time period that stretched from the early phase of the regime’s inception in 1979 until today. The collection’s title The Last Breath of The Rose is taken from a poem by the great Iranian writer Ahmad Shamlou (1925-2000), which was first published in his poetry collection “Ebrahim dar Atash” (Abraham in Fire).
Mehdi Aslani (born 1959 in Tehran), was a prisoner of conscience in the Islamic Republic of Iran from February 1985 until March 1989. Since his departure from Iran in 1997, he has been engaged as a human rights activist and independent writer in Germany. Mehdi Aslani has spent approximately two years collecting these documents through meticulous research and outreach to the victims’ families both in and outside of Iran.
Lecture in Persian