Mehran Ghassemi

Mehran Ghassemi
Born	April 8, 1977(1977-04-08) Shiraz, Iran
Died	January 9, 2008(2008-01-09) (aged 30) Tehran, Iran
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 has 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. The web site was famous for its criticisms of the right-wing and fundamentalist movements.^{[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

1. ^ رادیو زمانه | خبر اول | ایران | مهران قاسمی، روزنامه نگار جوان ایرانی درگذشت
2. ^ روزنا مهران پر كشيد و رفت
3. ^ MehrNews.com - Iran, world, political, sport, economic news and headlines

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)

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Name	Ghassemi, Mehran
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Date of birth	April 8, 1977
Place of birth	Shiraz, Iran
Date of death	January 9, 2008
Place of death	Tehran, Iran