Soheil Arabi: ON WHAT BASIS WAS I CALLED A SECURITY CRIMINAL?

Soheil Arabi: ON WHAT BASIS WAS I CALLED A SECURITY CRIMINAL?

This post, which was published ten years ago, was considered by the Culture and Media Court investigator and Abolghasem Salavati (the judge of the case) as examples of insulting the founder [of the Islamic Republic] propaganda activity against the system and blasphemy. In other words, I was sentenced to eight years in prison only for writing this:

“Screws have always suffered from twisting. To free themselves of this situation, they only changed their screwdrivers; Thus, history repeats itself until the last time when the smartest screwdriver became their ruler. With two simple solutions, its rule lasted for years. He knew the crowd well, so made itself look just like them, and the screws felt assured that as their own-kind won’t screw them! And by promising a good life in the near future for those who endure the pain of being twisted and trapped in the walls, he made them enjoy being screws!

There were always a few who knew that the problem is them being screws as the screwdriver’s job is to screw …”

Soheil Arabi

March 7, 2022

Translated by Hasse-Nima Golkar