Sahar Delijani was born in Evin Prison in Tehran. Her mother, who had been part of the movement that toppled the Shah in Iran, had been jailed as the new regime silenced some of the coalition that brought it to power. Her uncle was subsequently one of many political prisoners executed by the regime in 1988.
Sahar Delijani wrote about those experiences in her bestselling novel, Children of Jacaranda Tree.
On June 23 Israel bombed Evin Prison during their attacks on Iran and 71 people including jailed dissidents were killed.
On Free State today Sahar Delijani recounts her own experiences in Iran and why those experiences have made her more fearful of the west and Israel's demonisation of Iran. She talks about how the dangerous talk of regime change threatens ordinary Iranians. She explains why people have lost faith in the west and why Israel’s attempts to look for change would be laughable if it wasn't so dangerous.
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