Noel and I attended an exciting exhibition by Ardeshir Gholipour which was organised by Shirley Blackman at the Launceston Library.
Ardeshir was an outspoken supporter of democratic reform in Iran between 1985 and 2000. In 1987 he was arrested and spent 21 months in Iran’s notorious Evin prison for distributing freedom pamphlets. During the 1990’s Ardeshir worked as a writer and designer for a number of provincial papers and produced articles on social and political reform. He also wrote articles criticizing the Iranian Government and called for constitutional change. Ardeshir fled Iran in 1999 after taking part in student demonstrations, found his way to Australian shores and then was detained by our Immigration department for over 5 years.
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