He would stand by it, for hours some days, to let the air and the noise of the outside world rush in, and to look out at those outside: protesters who came to campaign for his freedom, people walking past oblivious, the slow crawl of cars on now-unhurried streets.
Mostafa Azimitabar by the window in his room inside Melbourneâs Mantra Hotel, where he spent 13 months. Photograph: Moz Azimi
Now, suddenly, he is part of that world.
He is free, with a visa to live in Australia.
Azimitabar â known across the country as Moz Azimi - described his release on Thursday as âthe most beautiful moment of my lifeâ.