By Ben Wedeman, CNN
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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, he said, and most recently faced a charge of "contact with a hostile state". He denied the charge, which carried a seven-year prison sentence.
Because of his "criminal" record, the university expelled him, he explained.
So, a taxi driver he became, plying the busy streets of Karaj, a city
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