Roya Hakakian : I was a girl in Iran during the revolution of 1979 . My father and mother were arrested, my brother died from torture, we had to flee our home country for America. Amid the night 's dark , where the crowds were as indiscernible as ghosts , the shouts of `` Allah-o-akbar '' rose from every rooftop like smoke rising from an invisible bonfire . Hakakian : Join me in praying for Neda and other fallen Iranians .
Roya Hakakian : I was a girl in Iran during the revolution of 1979 . My father and mother were arrested, my brother died from torture, we had to flee our home country for America. Hakakian : Join me in praying for Neda and other fallen Iranians .