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By Roya Hakakian
At the night of September 17, 1992, 8 major individuals of the Iranian and Kurdish competition had amassed at a little-known eating place in Berlin whilst darkly-clad males burst during the front. inside of moments, the roar of a laptop gun stuffed the air. rounds of fireplace and 4 unmarried photographs later, 4 of the boys have been lifeless in what may develop into referred to as the Mykonos assassinations. one of many survivors of that taking pictures, besides the widow of 1 of the sufferers and a handful of newshounds, legal professionals, and fellow exiles, begun a campaign that will not just pit them opposed to Tehran yet opposed to the various maximum powers in Germany. whilst an undeterred federal prosecutor, and an without end sufferer leader pass judgement on, took over the Mykonos trial, a historical verdict which shook either Europe and Iran, and completed anything few can have predicted--justice. Roya Hakakian's The Assassins of the Turquoise Palace is a big publication of heritage and reportage spanning Europe and the center East, and an unforgettable narrative of heroism and justice.
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