Ehsan Mahrabi, born in 1978, is an Iranian journalist who worked for

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newspapers including ''

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'', and ''Etemad Melli''. In addition to his work as a journalist, he has a background in civil engineering. At the time of his arrest, Mehrabi was working as a correspondent for ''Farhikhtegan'' newspaper in Iran.

Government relations

Mehrabi was arrested with a group of other journalists on February 7, 2010. He was released from Evin Prison on May 2, 2010. The

Islamic Revolutionary Court Islamic Revolutionary Court (also Revolutionary Tribunal, ''Dadgahha-e Enqelab''Bakhash, Shaul, ''Reign of the Ayatollahs'', Basic Books, 1984, p.59-61) (Persian: دادگاه انقلاب اسلامی) is a special system of courts in the Islamic ...

issued Mehrabi a one-year prison sentence, which began in January, 2011.

References

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