Biography

Abolhassan Bani Sadr was the first President of Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. His presidency was impeached a year after his inauguration after Bani Sadr criticized the Islamic government for violating the human rights of the people of Iran, and also criticized the many executions of the people who spoke out against the government.

After his impeachment Bani Sadr fled Iran and resided in Paris, France and has lived there to this day. Bani Sadr remained an active critic against the Islamic dictatorship in Iran, openly criticizing the human rights violations in the country. And to this day he has written many books about his homeland and in full detail describes the torment and suffering many innocent Iranian citizens experience at the hands of the government's personal guard, the Basij militia who are the loyal guards who answer only to the Supreme Leader himself and are ordered to "uphold Islamic law" in the country.
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