p 10 weekender september 30 1995 stajx dastoom family takes theft of dehvery eai pmlosqphically when mohsen dastoom had his 1986 toyota tercel stolen almost from under his eyes while at work last monday night he was able to view the violation a little more philosophically than your average auto theft victim thafs because for mohsen the crime represented the act of one misguided thug rather than just another example of intimidation bya bullying state government it wasnt always that way for mohsen who along with his wife farzaneh runs the 241 pizza out- now ready to sggut for new faces join torontos favourite modeling agency av 35 years of success fall sign ups accepted now for kids teens adults all ages heights required proud winner of the international educational award 5 consecutive years downunwp markham 4169221945 ma 905294413 listen for us on n3 sanctuary spa pick your own bagged apples fresh oder nature trails apples siloam orchards for info call the apple hotline 9058529418 dinor 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order early well do the best we can to fill your order exactly as you wish but be flexible turkey growing is not an exact science and sizes can vary somewhat open 7days monthan 97 fflmstf94 swirt5 illage groclr dual it v f cpc 548 carlton rd at kennedy rd in unionville 9400655 let on stouffvilles main st up until the time he slipped out of his native iran six years ago he was the vic tim of a repressive regime which while it had loosened its grip in recent years was still depriving him of his basic rights a teacher by trade mohsens career was cut short in the early 1980s when he joined a movement promoting better education and a more enlightened democracy for irans citizens he soon found himself arrested and after spending a week locked in a holding cell the size of a small clos et was imprisoned for three years along with other perceived threats to iranian national security as it turned out he was one of the luckyonesas manyjhe knew are still languishing in jail upon his release he had to retiim on a weekly basis to check in with authorities meanwhile he was forbidden from returning to the classroom or even driving a asoutafa ccmceriv hewoud 4 bramwash those he came in coh- tactwith 1 eventually mohseh heeded the advice of a brother who said he should ixy to leave the country he caught a break when he realized that because prison authorities had forgotten to take his finger j prints he could apply for a pass port he took off and was joined two weeks jater by his wife and the couples two children then aged eight and a mere four months with the assistance of a specialv united nations immigra tion program the dastooms arrived in gahada with nothing more than one suitcase a mohsen found work as a pizza maker in tbronto and a littfe over two years ago they borrowed money from family members now resettled hi europe to open their own pizza i operation v today couple work seven days a week at the pizza shop with their three year old son shahin accompanying them dur ing the day while his sisters are at school the days are long and the work is different from what they were once used to back home their- iranian teaching creden tials are riot recognized here and it would take considerable retraining to become qualified to teach here farzaneh envisions the day when shell be able to offer her services as a part time yolun- teer at the local schools her chil dren attend but you wont hear them com- plain even when their car was stolen from put front of the store while mohsen worked inside last week this time the authorities were on their side and police found the vehicle out of gas arid abandoned three days later and as they think back about their old life in iran where bodies lying in the streets and human rights violations were common place the dastooms sing the praises of their current circuiri- stances farzaneh smiles arid explains that the strategy is to keep up the current endless pace for a few years until they can have a house of their own and a good life then theyll take a few days off to rest we are working here we have a good living she corij eludes thafs all we want in some countries you cant do this