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Citizen of Nowherenew
Torn between two countries, Jessica just wants an education.
Las Vegas Weekly |
April Corbin |
12-29-2010 |
Immigration
Two Iranian Refugees Seek a New Life in Las Vegasnew
Mokhtar Hossein and Jamshid Afshar are both survivors. Both men lost their fathers to the Khomeini regime that ruled Iran from 1979 to 1989. A firing squad shot Hossein’s father, an Air Force colonel. After the regime put Afshar’s father, an Army sergeant, in jail for two years, he was finally released: a psychologically battered alcoholic. Both also fought as teenagers in the Iraq-Iran war. And now they are both refugees.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Timothy Pratt |
04-08-2010 |
Immigration
