Mehran Ghassemi
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Mehran Ghassemi | |
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Died | January 9, 2008 | (aged 30)
Occupation | Translator and journalist. |
Mehran Ghassemi (Persian: مهران قاسمی) (April 8, 1977 – January 9, 2008) was an Iranian journalist. He was an expert on Iranian Nuclear Dossier and Foreign Policy and published hundreds of articles in Iranian newspapers.[1]
Early years[]
Ghassemi was working as the Editor of International Affairs Desk of Etemad-e Melli, a pro-reform daily named after a party established by the former reformist speaker of parliament, Mehdi Karrubi.[2]
He was a critic of the conservative policies of the government led by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
During the 2005 Iranian presidential election, Ghassemi was the editor-in-chief of Aftab News, a news website which promoted Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and criticized his rivals.[citation needed]
Death[]
He died January 9, 2008, at home in Tehran, at age 30, from heart failure and was laid to rest in Tehran cemetery (Behesht-e Zahra) in the “journalists” section (Ghet'ey-e Ashaab-e-Rasaaneh).[3]
Books[]
- Kimiâ Xâtoun, Sâles publication
- Felestin, na solh, na sâzesh
References[]
External links[]
- Ghassemi's Blog
- On Ghassemi's death by Ata'ollah Mohajerani
- Mehran Ghassemi interviews Sasan Fayazmanesh (chair of the Department of Economics at California State University, Fresno)
- 1977 births
- 2008 deaths
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- Iranian translators
- People from Shiraz
- 20th-century translators
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