179:, Farahanipour continues his activism. He has owned Delphi Greek since 2009. Roozbeh Farahanipour was elected as a representative of the Business group to the then newly formed Westwood Neighborhood Council following elections held on June 26, 2010, with unprecedented massive participation of Westwood residents, business owners, students and UCLA faculty, employees, and those dependent on or using the services of the Westwood Community. He serves as a member of the West Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, and is a member of the
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In view of the extremely long prison sentences being received by other activists and the potential of execution, rather than waiting for the court to decide his fate
Farahanipour chose to continue his struggle from abroad. He escaped Iran and sought political asylum in the United States. Now based in
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an illegal party and denounced
Farahanipour as a leader of the unrest. On July 14, 1999, his house was raided by armed Islamic militias. He was arrested together with twelve comrades and two Afghan house guests. During the course of 36 days in solitary confinement in the worst of the Islamic regime's
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Farahanipour was awarded with the 2014 and 2015 California Hero
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and the revolutionary court. His personal testimony of torture was included in the United
Nations' Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Follow-up to the World Conference on Human Rights. He was eventually released on 50,000,000 Rials bail, which was paid with the deed to a
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