Confederation of Iranian Students
Amir A. Fakhravar, Secretary General
The Confederation of Iranian Students (CIS) is an Iranian opposition group founded in November 2002. The organization has more than 8,000 members inside and outside of Iran. Amir A. Fakhravar is a writer, political activist, and former journalist. The following is excerpted from the April 6, 2011, House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing “Is America’s Overseas Broadcasting Undermining Our National Interest and Undermining the Fight Against Tyrannical Regimes?” In 1992, I was 17 when I was first arrested for a speech in which I criticized the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. For the next 14 years I was in and…
