00:00 A family torn apart by the Iranian security forces.
00:05 Rada Fatehi and her brother Ramin were close siblings.
00:09 Now he is dead and she has fled to Germany.
00:14 Nothing is harder than the death of a brother.
00:16 There is nothing, nothing in the world harder than the death of a brother, especially a
00:21 brother who was tortured.
00:23 Fatehi tells us she didn't learn of her brother's fate for days because she, along with her
00:28 other brother Voria, had also been detained by security forces.
00:34 One of them grabbed me and threw me into my daughter's bedroom.
00:38 Another person came and put something to my head.
00:40 I think it was a weapon, I'm not sure.
00:43 He said, "I'll kill you right here.
00:45 No one will hear your voice."
00:47 Then he said, "I swear to God, if you answer a few questions and don't make a scene, I'll
00:52 release your brothers."
00:53 I trusted in God.
00:55 I trusted their word.
00:57 As soon as they put me in the car, they blindfolded me, tied my hands and threw me on the floor
01:02 of the car.
01:06 While she was in custody, her brother Ramin allegedly succumbed to injuries inflicted
01:11 by his jailers.
01:12 That's what the family believes.
01:14 The government claims he took his own life.
01:17 Rada had no idea her brother was dead until she was released.
01:23 I saw my mother wearing a black scarf.
01:26 My mother had never worn a black scarf before.
01:29 I hugged her and asked her, "Why are you wearing this?"
01:33 She said, "It's nothing."
01:35 I asked again, "Why are you wearing a black scarf?"
01:39 She said, "Ramin."
01:41 My mother used to wait for Ramin in the mornings to come so that they could have breakfast
01:44 together.
01:46 How could I console her?
01:47 How could I tell her that her child is no longer with us?
01:51 She sits there in the mornings and says, "I heard the doorbell.
01:54 My heart leapt.
01:55 I thought Ramin had come back."
02:04 Nine months after her brother's death, security forces raided Rada's home.
02:08 She decided to flee the country, taking with her nothing but the clothes on her back.
02:13 She misses the family she left behind.
02:17 My only wish is to go back, to go back to Iran.
02:23 But for now, Rada believes it's too dangerous to return home.
02:33 [BLANK_AUDIO]
