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11/08/2009Free Majid Zamani

Free Majid Zamani

Blog Watch | A Letter to Sadegh Larijani In the Name of God His Excellency Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, Head of the Judiciary, Islamic Republic of Iran, More than four months...

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11/03/2009Fariba Pajooh, still in jail

Fariba Pajooh, still in jail

[ notebook ] A photo of this young and bright-eyed journalist first attracted me to Fariba Pajooh's case. She looked so young, almost school-girlish, and so lively that the thought...

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06/01/2009

Blind Luck

Pictured: Iranian football star Ali Daei. From Tehran to the BBC: How I became a sports journalist. By MANI DJAZMI in London [TEHRAN BUREAU] "The first male journalist to...

05/02/2009

On Journalism

Criticism is an act of love. It's time we learned to take it. Befarmaid! On Journalism: Why saying what we don't mean is destroying the written word. [Tehran Bureau]...

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04/29/2009

A dedicated journalist

By MANI DJAZMI in London [Tehran Bureau] notebook: What is it to be an Iranian journalist in Iran? Are you the seeker of truth's light amid the shadows of...

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03/05/2009

Covering Iran: Irish journo recounts a few battles

Gareth Smyth was based in Tehran for the Financial Times for four years. He filed this story for the British Journalism Review in 2007. By GARETH SMYTH Shortly before...