Mahsa Amrabadi ( fa, مهسا امرآبادی; born July 3, 1984 in
Rasht
Rasht ( fa, رشت, Rašt ; glk, Rəšt, script=Latn; also romanized as Resht and Rast, and often spelt ''Recht'' in French and older German manuscripts) is the capital city of Gilan Province, Iran. Also known as the "City of Rain" (, ''Ŝahre B ...
,
Gilan) is an Iranian
journalist
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.
Amrabadi, along with her husband and reformist journalist
Masoud Bastani
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, were arrested after
the disputed presidential election of June 2009. She was sentenced to 2 years in prison. She was released from prison in 2013.
See also
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Human rights in Iran
From the Imperial Pahlavi dynasty (1925 to 1979), through the Islamic Revolution (1979), to the era of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979 to current), government treatment of Iranian citizens' rights has been criticized by Iranians, by interna ...
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Iranian prisoners and detainees
1984 births
Living people