Safavi Ata I.

Iranian. Member of the People's Party of Iran (TUDEh, Hezb-Tudeh). Student at the Pedagogical Institute of the Iranian city of Sari. On 10/03/1947, with a group of other Iranians, he crossed the border of the USSR in search of political asylum. Subsequently, he had three convictions. 1st conviction - 2 years for violating the border of the USSR. 2nd 25 years for espionage activities in favor of the United States and Iran. 3rd conviction - sentenced by the MGB to 10 years. Camp number - O-324. Lived in Dushanbe, worked as a urologist-surgeon (as of 1990). Rehabilitated. At the end of his life he emigrated to Toronto, where he lived until his death.