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‘Don’t be indifferent’: Iranian-Canadian author shares story of his life inside infamous Tehran prison in new book
'If you have a purpose, then you become resilient. Then you want to fight for something. But if you don't have a purpose… I have seen people in isolation lose their mind because they just didn't want to be there and didn't know why they were there,' says Sirous Houshmand, author of The Darkest Night Brings Longer Days.
“I was prepared to see the door open and hear one of the prison guards shout, 'All your belongings,' code for, ‘You are coming with me to line up for mass execution.’”
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