Radio Irava's English interview with Donya Akhavan an Iranian/American Christian student and Human
Rights activist
Deteriorating situation of
Christians in Iran since Hassan Rouhani took office
My guest today is a young Iranian/American Christian
student and Human Rights activist who talks about the situations of Christians
in Iran
in 2014. I'm often amazed and impressed by the new Iranian generation outside Iran .
I think there's a misperception about the new generation
of Iranians outside the country. People may think of them as a generation that
wants to have fun all the time and is buried in its cell phone and don't care
about anything. My guest Donya Akhavan is a political Science student in US and
although she wasn't born in Iran , she loves and respects Iran so much so that she calls
herself Iranian. Her parents fled Iran after witnessing the
atrocities against Christians after Ayatollah Khomenei took over the People's
1979 Revolution. Donya's family like millions of other Iranians became a
refugee over night before arriving to US. Donya has never been in Iran but her activism for a
free Iran
continues on.