Mohammad AminMohammad Amin, born in Tehran, is a specialist in Iranian and international affairs, and a fellow researcher at the Foundation of Studies for the Middle East (FEMO) in Paris. He has written many books and articles in Persian on Iranian theocracy, religious fundamentalism in the Middle East and the region's political and economy situation. These include: How Khomeini Came to Power, Evolution of Political Economy in Iran Since the Arrival of Ahmadinejad, and The Evolution of Theocracy in Iran.
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Dr. Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani physician who helped the U.S. locate Osama bin Laden, has been in jail in Pakistan since he was arrested days after the raid on bin Laden's compound in 2011. In 2013, he was granted a retrial, with a new charge that appears politically motivated: charged with murder in regard to the death, eight years earlier, of a patient he had treated. Afridi has gone on a hunger strike protest his unspeakable prison conditions -- including torture. His former lawyer, Samiullah Khan Afridi, was murdered by the Taliban in March 2015.
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