Amir Khorram

Amir Khorram
Born
Seyyed Amir Khorram

(1963-02-14) 14 February 1963 (age 61)
Tehran, Iran
Nationality (legal)Iranian
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
  • Profile at Iran Prison Atlas Project
Party political offices
Vacant
Title last held by
Shahriar Rouhani 		Head of the Youth Wing of Freedom Movement of Iran
2003–2006 		Succeeded by
Emad Bahavar
  • v
  • t
  • e
Political prisoners in Iran
  • Prison
ActivistsActorsArtistsAthletesBloggersDoctorsFilmmakersJournalistsLawyersMilitaryMusiciansProgrammerPoetsPoliticiansScientistsWriters
Category:Political prisoners in Iran
Stub icon

This article about an Iranian politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e