‘Blood on the streets’: Iranian who fled Karaj tells of brutal crackdown on protesters

Farzat never meant to be a taxi driver. While he was studying law in Tehran, he dabbled in politics. That’s when his troubles began, he told CNN. He was arrested and jailed four times over the last nine years. Because of his “criminal” record, the university expelled him. So, a taxi driver he became, plying the busy streets of Karaj, a city near Tehran and lately the site of intense anti-government protests.