then they came for me

this week marks the two year anniversary of the protests that erupted in iran following the 2009 presidential elections. since then the government has cracked down and tried its best to silence the green movement through repression and violence. arrests, torture and interrogations of  activists and journalists have become common place. 
on friday, reza hoda saber, a dissident journalist and green movement activist, suffered a heart attack in tehran's evin prison. saber died early on saturday morning. he had been on a hunger strike to protest the circumstances leading to the death of haleh sahabi on june first. sahabi, another green movement activist and human rights campaigner, fell to the ground and died at her father's funeral, a prominent dissident politician. she had reportedly been beaten by plainclothes security men.
to mark this auspicious two year mark, i've just started reading the story of another journalist's arrest. maziar bahari's then they came for me is a beautifully written book detailing his three month incarceration in evin prison. it's an intimate account of contemporary iran and a moving story of one family’s extraordinary courage in the face of repression.