Iran in the 80's and Today- Jafar Yaghoobi

Jafar Yaghoobi was born in Iran and raised with 12 other siblings in a large Azari family. He received a bachelor degree in Iran and then moved to the United States were he earned a doctorate degree in genetics from U.C. Davis in 1979.   Jafar returned to Iran after the Shah was overthrown with the hope of being part of a great historical moment and help with the transformation and reconstruction of the country. He soon realized that the mullahs had already hijacked the revolution and were heading towards a theocracy. Jafar joined a left opposition group to fight the new authoritarian regime. As a result of his opposition, he was arrested and sent to prison for some five years. His wife and young daughter settled in the U.S. and later Europe while he was in prison. He was released in 1989 and returned to the US..

 He retired in 2005 to focus on the promise he made to himself in prison that he would let the world know what happened to political prisoners in Iran. The result was the publishing of a book titled: “let us water the flowers; The Memoir of a Political Prisoner in Iran”.