Persian history is long, but the past century in Iran has seen almost a constant struggle for human rights, equality, dignity, and freedom. To understand what it is like to live and grow up in Iran, we sat down with Amir Soltani, author of the graphic novel Zahra's Paradise.

• Purchase a copy of Zahra's Paradise here.
• See the archived Vote4Zahra campaign website here.
• Read more from Amir on Zahra's Paradise for Amnesty International here.
• Read coverage about Zahra's virtual run for the presidency of Iran here, here, and here.
• Read more about Yousef and Farhad, Amir and Khalil's second graphic novel on the LGBT community in Iran, here.

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