Ahmad Zeidabadi | |
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| Born | 31 August 1965 Zeidabad, Sirjan, Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Notable credit | Editor-in-chief of Azad News |
| Movement | Neo-Shariatism[1] |
| Spouse | Mahdieh Mohammadi |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize (2011) |
Ahmad Zeidabadi (Persian: احمد زیدابادی; born 21 July 1965) is an Iranian journalist, academic, writer and political analyst and the secretary general of Office for Strengthening Unity. He is one of the notable figures of the Iranian reform movement.
Zeidabadi has been arrested multiple times for his journalistic work. In June 2009, shortly after the Iranian presidential election, Zeidabadi was arrested and held in conditions which the World Association of Newspapers called "horrific."[2] In December 2009, Zeidabadi was sentenced to six years in prison.
Zeidabadi is the winner of the World Association of Newspapers' Golden Pen of Freedom Award for 2010.[3]
- ^ Pourmokhtari Yakhdani, Navid (2018). Iran's Green Movement: A Foucauldian Account of Everyday Resistance, Political Contestation and Social Mobilization in the Post-Revolutionary Period (PDF) (Ph.D.). Edmonton: Department of Political Science, University of Alberta. p. 178. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
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