Sam Mahmoudi Sarabi is the editor for the Idea & History and book services of
Shargh Newspaper
''Shargh'' ( fa, شرق, lit=East) is one of the most popular Reformist newspapers in Iran.
History and profile
''Shargh'' was founded in 2003. The daily is managed by Mehdi Rahmanian. Its chief editor was Mohammad Ghouchani in its first period ...
, who was summoned to the Intelligence Ministry on February 14, 2011, and has been in detention since then.
He was for some time (2012-2014) in
Middle East and North Africa
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(MENA) Advisor at
Human Rights Watch
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(HRW). After that, he worked as a
freelance journalist
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with some of Persian
opposition
Opposition may refer to:
Arts and media
* ''Opposition'' (Altars EP), 2011 EP by Christian metalcore band Altars
* The Opposition (band), a London post-punk band
* '' The Opposition with Jordan Klepper'', a late-night television series on Com ...
media like
Roozonline
''Rooz'' ( fa, روز, literally ''day'') was a Persian and English news website. It is mostly staffed by exiled Iranian journalists including Masoud Behnoud, Ebrahim Nabavi and Nikahang Kowsar with occasional articles by activists and journalists ...
,
Radiozamaneh, Sharq_e_Parsi (the Persian
department of the London's branch of
Al-Sharq Al-Awsat
''Asharq Al-Awsat'' ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, Aš-Šarq al-ʾAwsaṭ, meaning "The Middle East") is an Arabic international newspaper headquartered in London. A pioneer of the "off-shore" model in the Arabic press, the paper is often noted ...
Newspaper), Khodnevis, etc.
Mahmoudi Sarabi, along with Majid Niknam,
Babak Ejlali,
Ruhollah Zam
Ruhollah Zam ( fa, روحالله زم, also Romanized as "Rouhollah Zam"; 27 July 197812 December 2020) was an Iranian activist and journalist. Best known for operating a Telegram channel named 'Amadnews', which he founded in 2015, Zam play ...
and
Ahmad Shams is one of the founders of
"Amadnews" media and he was the chief editors of this media for more than two years.
Prison
According to the
Human Rights
Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for certain standards of hu ...
House of Iran, there is no information about his arrest and the alleged charges. His summons order had taken place over the phone.
Mahmoudi had been arrested during the Ashura events and was held in detention for 45 days.
The charges against him are propaganda against the regime, insulting the leader, writing the song “I Confess...” and possessing a copy of Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.
Mahmoudi has told his interrogators he acquired the controversial novel because he planned to publish a special article on the anniversary of the death sentence issued by Ayatollah Khomeini against Rushdie.
Mahmoudi was arrested for more than a month during the protests that followed the disputed re-election of
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and were released on a 300,000 Dollars.
See also
*
Hoda Saber
*
Haleh Sahabi
References
External links
Journalist Sam Mahmoudi in Poor Physical and Psychological Condition64 Prisoners testify: Jailed activist Hoda Saber beaten up before death
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Living people
Iranian activists
Iranian prisoners and detainees
1976 births
Faculty of Letters and Humanities of the University of Tehran alumni