Roozbeh Mirebrahimi is an Iranian

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born in 1978 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 ...

, Iran. He started his career by writing for some of Gilan's local newspapers. His professional career as a

started at the beginning of the Iranian Reform Era. During the next years he wrote for several newspapers including Jomhuriyat, Roozna and Etemade Melli,

Etemad ''Etemad'' or ''Etemaad'' (in Persian ''اعتماد'' lit. ''Trust''; correct transcription: ettemād, because in pronunciation the letter "t" is duplicated) is a reformist newspaper in Iran that is published in Tehran. It is managed by Elias ...

Hambastegi ''Hambastegi'' (in Persian ''همبستگی'' lit. ''Correlation'') is an Iranian daily newspaper, published in Tehran as the official mouthpiece for Islamic Iran Solidarity Party. Profile ''Hambastegi'' was started in 2000. It had a reformist st ...

, Sharq etc. He worked for those newspapers as reporter or political editor or writer. He has been chief in editor of Iran dar Jahan magazine since 2006. He also has written many books including Untolds of Revolution, Eslahat Zire Hasht (Interrogating Reform Movement) and Nagofteha (Untolds) He has lived in New York since fall of 2006 and has been among the faculty of the

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. Since 2010, he is visiting Scholar at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalist Institute". He was arrested along with other journalists in September and October 2004.

Awards

In 2006, he was one of the Iranian writers that received the Hellman/Hammett International prize from HRW.Iran: Writers Struggle to Uphold Freedom of Expression , Human Rights Watch
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Books

*Nagofteh haye Enghelab-e 57 (About untold aspects of the Iranian revolution) / banned in Iran and already Printed in Paris *Nagofteh ha " (Study About Iranian culture and society problem with another person / Hasan Naraghi) / Printed in Iran *Eslahat zir-e Hasht (About reformist period in Iran) / Printed in US *Azadi va Digar Hich (About one Iranian intellectual- Ehsan-e Naraghi- and his books ) / finished writing and ready for print in Iran *Nagofteh haye Dolat-e Movaghat ( About the first Prime Minister after Islamic revolution in Iran) / Studying and researching and continue writing *Three conversation ( Mohsen Sazegara, Shirin Ebadi and Amir Mohebian by Roozbeh Mirebrahimi) / Printed in US -2010 * Forsate Entekhab (Opportunity to Choose) / Printed in US -2011

References

External links

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* http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/15/world/main3370100.shtml * http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/15/held-in-an-iranian-prison-one-mans-story/ * http://www.tavaana.org/video-detail.jsp?videoitemid=2071502000341267163542106&clipnum=1 {{DEFAULTSORT:Mirebrahimi, Roozbeh Iranian journalists People from Rasht Living people 1978 births People from Gilan Province CUNY Graduate School of Journalism faculty