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Place of Birth: Kashan, Isfahan Province, Iran
About Kourosh Zaim
- Kourosh Zaim (Persian: ???? ?????; born May 17, 1939) is an Iranian author, inventor, engineer, translator, and nonviolent political activist.
- He was born in Kashan, Iran, on May 17, 1939.
- A vocal advocate of secular democracy and human rights since youth, Kourosh rose to prominence as a political analyst and Secretary to the Leadership Committee of Iran’s National Front party, or Jebhe Melli, Iran's largest pro-democracy political organization.
- Membership in Jebhe Melli has been illegal since 1981.As of 2017, Kourosh is incarcerated in Iran as a political prisoner.
- He was last arrested on July 16, 2016 for charges of "undermining the Islamic Republic" and "promoting anti-regime activity", and is currently serving a four-year prison term in Evin Prison, the sixth time he has been imprisoned for his views since Iran's Islamic Revolution.
- Much of his time as a political prisoner has been spent in solitary confinement.
- He has been represented in the past by human rights attorneys Nasrin Sotoudeh and Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi.
- He is currently being represented by Giti Pourfazel, a well-known human rights lawyer currently planning her immanent retirement due to "years of state harassment and threats."
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