Iranian-American author Haleh Esfandiari will discuss the 105 days she spent in solitary confinement at an Iranian prison at a lecture for the Humanities and Middle East centers.
Esfandiari, director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., is the author of My Prison, My Home: One Woman’s Story of Captivity in Iran, which tells of her time at Evin Prison nearly three years ago, where political prisoners were reportedly tortured, though Esfandiari was not.
Esfandiari was arrested by the Iranian Intelligence Ministry in May 2007 while she was visiting her aging mother. Because of her position at the Wilson International Center, Iranian officials were convinced Esfandiari was part of a conspiracy to overthrow the Iranian government and left her in solitary confinement for more than three months.
After the lecture, Esfandiari will sign copies of her book.
