The assassination of four Iranian opposition’s political activists at Mykonos Restaurant in Berlin has become one of the most controversial cases in German history and jeopardized the relations between Germany and Europe with Iran to the point of deporting ambassadors. Kazem Darabi, an Iranian student and businessman living in Germany, was sentenced to life imprisonment based on a fake accusation by the German court. The book Coffee Painting contains Darabi’s memories from childhood to involvement in the Mykonos case and the trial and eventually prison, based on oral interviews. Darabi, who was deported from Germany, after spending five years in prison returned to Iran and narrated his story of Mykonos incident and tried to prove his innocence by examining the documents. The present book deals with the memories of the Iranian student and businessman, Kazem Darabi, a resident of Germany and the main suspects in the Mykonos restaurant terrorist incident. The author of the book, in his introduction to the book, explains the purpose of his work as a question of how and why the Mykonos incident happened, its perpetrators, the end and the consequences of the story. By choosing the title Coffee Painting and using the metaphor of painting, the author depicts the Mykonos story as a wall painting with a lot of images that are mostly obscure. Each of these images is based on the guesswork of the painters. The book begins quickly and with an overview of Darabi’s childhood and adolescence and his family background, describes his reasons for emigrating to Germany and his living and working conditions. The first to fourth canvases of the book, titled The Seven Lines, Carving Stone, Pointillism, and Warp & Woof, examine this period of Darabi’s life. From the fifth canvas, the Mykonos story begins from Darabi’s perspective and he tells the story of his apprehension in this canvas, titled The Burnt Page. The next canvases describe in detail the Darabi’s narrative of the days of detention, courtroom, issuance of the sentence, prison, and ultimately freedom. The twenty-first and last canvas of the book, titled Naghshaviz deals with the views and memories of various personalities about this story and Kazim Darabi himself, letters and postcards, images, diaries, documents, press releases, and pictures.The book is set up in 21 chapters and each chapter contains several sections. In addition to the text obtained from the author’s interview with Kazem Darabi, the book’s main character, researches and field, and library reports, it contains many documents and photographs related to the subject of the book. The book was highly welcomed by Iranian audience, such that its 2nd edition was released in the second week after the publication of its 1st edition. Expert of the book: BERLIN - At 22:50, Thursday, September 17, 1992, three men from a terrorist team enter Prague Square and head to Mykonos Restaurant. One stands at the doorway to watch out, and the other two enter the restaurant. Over there, nine people, mostly members of the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI), were sitting around a table to convene. A gunman covering half of his face fires at them and a man with a pistol fires two death blow shots at the victims. As a result of this terrorist action, four people including the party leader were killed and the restaurant owner was seriously injured . . . “The prison loudspeaker blared time and again during the day, announcing the schedule for that day and the next day. For example, it was announced that inmates could go to church the next day from and to such and such hours to pray; or at what time they could use the SFB radio program. That is how I was informed that every Sunday I could go to the church and pray.”

Mohsen Kazemi (1969-Tehran) Mohsen Kazemi, graduated in economics, was recruited to the army’s war education board in 1995 as an analyst and produced a series of reports about the field trips of the board up to 1998. Kazemi commenced his collaboration with the Islamic Revolution’s Literature Office in 1993 and interviewed various political and militant personalities. He is a contributor to the field of memoir writing and oral history and has published numerous reports and articles in the press and journals such as Kaman biweekly, Zamaneh monthly and History Studies quarterly. Some of his research papers and articles have been presented at specialized conferences and meetings. Kazemi’s work is characterized by simple, fluid and scholarly prose that can easily communicate with the reader. The consistency of his material is such that it takes the audience along right to the end. Most of this author’s work has received the attention of other scholars and writers due to using the scientific method of research and documented evidence. He has obtained many literary awards so far such as being designated as the top researcher of the Holy Defense Book of the Year Award in 2004 and 2008. Some of his works include: -Coffee House Painting,Sooreh Mehr Pubs.,2018 -Shahid Sayyad Shirazi Travel Notes ,Sooreh Mehr Pubs.,2014 -Restless Years, Sooreh Mehr Pubs.,2013 -Marzieh Hadidchi Memoirs, Sooreh Mehr Pubs.,2011 -Ezzat Shahi Memoirs, Sooreh Mehr Pubs.,2014 -I wrote it in Stone (Ayatollah Jamy’s war diary), Sooreh Mehr Pubs.,2009 -Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs, Sooreh Mehr Pubs.,2014 -Moonless Nights, Sooreh Mehr Pubs.,2011