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DESCRIPTION:A Special Event with Nasser Mohajer discussing his book, Voices of a 
 Massacre, Untold Stories of Life and Death in Iran, 1988\n\nRevolution 
 Books is very excited to host Nasser Mohajer. Voices of a Massacre speaks 
 deeply to the nature of the Iranian regime and to the current moment when 
 the courageous mass uprising in Iran which was sparked by the September, 
 2022 murder of Mahsa Amini for “improper hijab” is facing extreme 
 repression, including torture, secret trials, and executions. The 
 International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran's Political Prisoners Now is 
 a co-sponsor of this event.\n\nAbout the Book\nIn July 1988 the brutal 
 eight-year war between Iraq and Iran ended. Over the next two months, 
 Ayatollah Khomeini ordered political prisoners to be secretly brought 
 before a tribunal panel, which became known as the Death Commission. They 
 were not told what was happening and that one 'wrong' answer about their 
 faith or political affiliation would send them straight to the 
 gallows.\n\nThousands of men and women were condemned to death, many buried 
 in mass graves in Khavaran Cemetery in the vicinity of Tehran. Through 
 eyewitness accounts of survivors, research by scholars and memories of 
 children and spouses of the deceased, Voices of a Massacre reconstructs the 
 events of that bloody summer. Over thirty years later, the Iranian 
 government has still not officially acknowledged that they ever took 
 place.\n\n"This is an urgent and belated book that draws on multiple 
 archives to establish the systematic death-dealing of the late 1980s in 
 Iran, as well as the unforgivable and complicitous silence on this period 
 of lethal violence. That history is established through many voices and 
 genres, all of which constitute a living testimonial, a collective act of 
 mourning, and a resounding call for justice." – Judith Butler, professor, 
 author, philosopher\n\nAbout the Author\nNasser Mohajer is an independent 
 scholar of modern Iranian history, author of many books and articles on 
 contemporary Iran, including on the prison systems, the women's movements 
 for equal rights and histories of the Iranian left. He currently resides in 
 Paris.\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/06/29/18857121.php
SUMMARY:Nasser Mohajer discusses his book,Voices of a Massacre
LOCATION:Revolution Books 2444 Durant Avenue, Berkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/06/29/18857121.php
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