Ashraf Dehghani

Ashraf Dehghani (PerB| اشرف دهقانی , born 1948) is amongst the most well known Iranian female communist revolutionaries, and is a member of the Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas.

In 1971, Ashraf Dehghani (then a member of the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas cadre) was arrested, imprisoned, and tortured for her political beliefs under the dictatorial rule of the Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. She escaped two years later. Her memoirs, entitled "Torture and Resistance in Iran", document the events prior to and during her imprisonment.

In 1979, she led a split away from OIPFG, and formed the Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas.

Ashraf Dehghani wrote her memoirs after escaping the Shah's prison in Iran, near the end of 1971.

The memoirs provide not only a detailed personal account of Ashraf Dehghani's inner struggles while in prison, but also a description of the broader political struggles and objective conditions required for any revolutionary party to survive outside and inside of prison.

External links

* [http://www.siahkal.com The Iranian People's Fadaee Guerrillas]
* [http://www.ashrafdehghani.com Ashraf Dehghani's Website]
* [http://www.ashrafdehghani.com/books-english/memoirs/part1.htm Part One of Torture and Resistance in Iran]
* [http://www.ashrafdehghani.com/books-english/memoirs/part2.htm Part Two of Torture and Resistance in Iran]

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SHORT DESCRIPTION=amongst the most well known Iranian female Communist revolutionary and member of the Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas
DATE OF BIRTH=1948
PLACE OF BIRTH=Tabriz, Iran
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