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Stevenson, Struan (2015). Self-Sacrifice: Life with the Iranian Mojahedin. Birlinn, Edinburgh. ISBN   978-1-78027-288-7.
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    Struan Stevenson
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    Member of the European Parliament
    for Scotland
    In office
    10 June 1999 2 July 2014