Dorothy Parvaz

Homa Dorothy Parvaz born in Isfahan, Iran, is an editor at NPR.

Parvaz entered Syria at Damascus on Friday, April 29, 2011, to cover the Syrian protests[1] and was not heard from for the next nineteen days. After it was reported that she was missing, campaigns were formed on Twitter and Facebook to press the Syrian government to free her.[2] Syria revealed that Parvaz had been deported to Iran.[3] On May 18, 2011, Parvaz was released by Iranian authorities.[4]

Born in Iran, she holds passports from Iran, Canada, and the United States.[5]

She is an editor at NPR.

  1. ^ "Al Jazeera journalist missing in Syria". Al Jazeera. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  2. ^ Benedetti, Winda. "Digital Life — Syria holding reporter at center of Twitter campaign". Digitallife.today.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-09. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
  3. ^ Mahoney, Jill (May 12, 2011). "Fears grow with Canadian journalist's deportation to Iran". The Globe and Mail. Toronto.
  4. ^ "Al Jazeera journalist released from detention". Al Jazeera. 18 May 2011.
  5. ^ Parvaz, D. (27 November 2006). "An expatriate rediscovers her homeland – Iran". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 2 May 2011.