Amir Farshad Ebrahimi

Amir Farshad Ebrahimi
امیرفرشاد ابراهیمی
Born (1975-08-14) August 14, 1975 (age 49)
Tehran, Iran
Alma materTehran University

Amir Farshad Ebrahimi (Persian: امیر فرشاد ابراهیمی) (born August 14, 1975) is a founding and former member of hard-line pressure group Ansar-e Hezbollah, a former member of the Basij militia, and an Iranian journalist.[1] Quitting Ansar-e Hezbollah after its involvement in the attack on students in 1999, he was imprisoned in Iran, fled to Turkey and then Germany, where as of 2009 he worked to publicly identify members of plain-clothed men who beat up Iranian protesters of the disputed election.[2]

  1. ^ "Interview: Amiri 'Was Not Who He Pretended He Was'". RFERL. 19 July 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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