today the torture young girlsg and boys using modern torture technical for force them to sayt that they are agent of u.s. and israel. fortunately, everything comes to light more quickly now, and thea whole world hears what is going on. unfortunately, torture is not limited to iran. if you look about carefully, we will see victims of torture all over the world. in view of everything that ise going on in iran and elsewhere, my book, "letters to my torturer, "is more than just the memoirs of a torture victim. it deals with issues that rest heavily on the consciousness ofs modern man and, of course, it is surprising that in the modernr century people are stillpe struggling with the issue torture. i think it's enough. let thanks all of you and,me please, ask any questions. [applause] >> as you can see, this is being filmed for c-span, so there's a gentleman with a boom up, and just wait for him to come to you when you raise your hand. and can this gentleman,a actually, is going to do some translating. raise your hand if you want, if you have a question, and thea gentleman will come and get y