Statement from Heshmat Tabarzadi, a secular, pro-democracy activist in Iran who has been imprisoned several times in recent years. This English translation was distributed today

a My Dear Ghazanfar, I am in a well here and hoping you are also in a well there. I'm writing this letter slowly, because

Paper delivered at a UCLA program in February 2003 on “Iran Today in Historical Perspective.” It summarizes some of the points made in my forthcoming