Amir A. Fakhravar,(Siavash)is an Iranian writer, journalist, and has been a student leader for more than a decade. He was a political prisoner who spent over five years in prison for his writings, interviews, and role in the student movement. He suffered years of torture in jail, including the torture described by Amnesty International as “white torture.” He is an honorary member of English PEN, PEN Canada and International PEN. He is the President of "Iranian Enterprise Institute," founder of the “Confederation of Iranian Students” and the leader of “Independent Student Movement.” |
Amir A. Fakhravar wins Annie Taylor Award
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The Annie Taylor Award is given to individuals who have shown exceptional courage against great odds and in the face of great danger.
Title: Iran's Nuclear Impasse: Next Steps(July 20, 2006)
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Forbidden IRAN, By Jane Kokan, December 2003
A harrowing report from inside Iran, where FRONTLINE/World reporter Jane Kokan risks her life to secretly film shocking evidence of the torture and murder of students and journalists opposed to the regime. Kokan, in disguise, escapes the constant surveillance of Iranian authorities to interview underground and jailed activists...
Kokan also learns that some 4,000 Iranian student activists were arrested after protests in Tehran and other cities in June 2003 and at least 500 remain in prison for their democratic beliefs. Amir Fakhravar, a student movement leader and hero, is among the men and women Kokan will attempt to make contact with while in Iran. Punished for writing a book promoting democracy and free speech, Fakhravar is serving an eight-year prison sentence at Qasr Prison in Tehran. In a video recorded before he went to prison last year, Fakhravar prepares his mother for his execution, which he believes is imminent. "I don't [want] you to have that sad face. I want [you] at that moment they're hanging me, to stand proudly and say, 'I'm proud of my son,'" he says. In prison, Fakhravar has suffered regular beatings and torture.
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- December 11, 2007, "Regime change from within" (Amir A. Fakhravar, Bassem Eid, Natan Sharansky, Adil Aljuboory & Mithal Al-Alusi)
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On this panel the topic of Fakhravar's speech was "Spreading Islamic Fundamentalism through Iran's Public Schools."
This speech focused on young kids being brainwashed in Islamic Republic schools.
"Understanding Iran's Threat & VOA", December 2, 2007, PalmBeach Florida. Jim Woolsey, Amir Fakhravar and Frank Gaffney were speaker at this event. Click here to watch the video
Jim Woolsey told the audience, "The young hero who spoke to you at lunch time, and I don't use the word "Hero" lightly, but Amir is, the young hero that spoke to you, speaks for a generation of Iranians who do not want to follow the course of events as set out by people of Mesbahe Yazdi and his collegues."
More than 400 people attended “Understanding Iran’s Threat,” a conference hosted by Federation’s Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), along with the World Affairs Council of the Florida Palm Beaches and other local organizations in December 2007. Featured speakers included Jim Woolsey, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and co-chair of the U.S. committee on present danger; Amir Abbas Fakhravar, Iranian student leader and former prisoner of the Iranian regime; U.S. Rep. Ron Klein (D-Florida), vice chair of the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Middle East; Philippe Vinogradoff, consul general of France in Florida; Frank Gaffney, president and founder of the Center for Security Policy; and Victor Comras, former United Nations Security Council monitor of anti-terrorist sanctions and a leading expert on international law and terrorism financing.
- "Fighting for Democracy in Islamic world," Italy, Rome, December 10-11, 2007. December 10, 2007, there was a panel called, "Extraordinary Lives."
On this panel dissidents and former political prisoners shared their lives and their personal memories.
Amir A. Fakhravar at DepaulUniversity, Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, Oct 22, 2007
