Bahman Ahmadi Amouee

Bahman Ahmadi Amouee
Bornc. 1967
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran
NationalityIranian
Alma materBabolsar College of Economics and Social Sciences
Occupationjournalist
OrganizationSarmayeh
Known for2009 imprisonment
SpouseJila Baniyaghoob
AwardsHellman-Hammett award (2011)

Bahman Ahmadi Amouee (Persian: بهمن احمدی امویی; born c. 1967)[1] is an Iranian journalist. He served as an editor at the pro-reform business daily Sarmayeh before the paper's 2009 closing and his own imprisonment on state security charges.[2] He is married to fellow journalist Jila Baniyaghoob, who was also imprisoned for her journalistic work.

  1. ^ Satereh Sabety (17 October 2009). "Worse than Shah-era Capitulation Laws". Frontline. PBS. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Iran must release prisoner of conscience Zhila Bani-Yaghoub". Amnesty International. 3 September 2012. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.