By Farzaneh Djalalian Asl
INCARCERATION
At the age of 21, Farzaneh was amongst many arrested at a massive protest of an estimated 500,000 people and spent the next five years imprisoned. Her time in prison was harrowing. The conditions harsh. They were tortured and many executed.
‘I spent over two years of my time in a punishment ward where I was transferred in the middle of a cold winter night. The ward’s windows were broken, and the jail was in a deserted landscape which brought an icy cold breeze inside the ward. We could feel the cold deep in our bones. We did not have enough blankets nor clothes to keep ourselves warm.’
Finally in 1990, her parents hired people smugglers to help Farzaneh to escape to Turkey. After ten months in Turkey, with the assistance of UNHCR and the Australian Embassy in Ankara, she was able to travel to Australia to a new life.
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Farzaneh Djalalian Asl
I was born on 23rd Sep 1958, in a middle-class family in Iran, Tehran. I am the second eldest, with an older sister and three younger brothers. I remember having a happy childhood. I have many beautiful memories from my childhood, including travelling to different cities and beaches every summer.
I grew up freely in terms of what to believe or whom to support, though my parents always advised us not to get involved in politics.
After completing year 12 …
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