Laura Secor is an American

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalis ...

whose work has focused on Iranian politics and

Iran–United States relations Iran and the United States have had no formal diplomatic relations since April 7, 1980. Instead, Pakistan serves as Iran's protecting power in the United States, while Switzerland serves as the United States' protecting power in Iran. Contacts are ...

. She has written about personal stories, such as the experience of poet

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, and has also written a book, ''Children of Paradise: The Struggle for the Soul of Iran''.

Education and career

Secor earned an B.A. in philosophy at

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

before beginning to cover Iran. After visiting Iran in 2004 she was struck by the vocal dissent there of the people against their government. She began to write about the reform movement there and individuals struggling for change. She also writes about the Iranian diaspora in the US and has documented the case of

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.The Man Who Refused to Spy
The New Yorker, A Reporter at Large, 21 September 2020

References

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