- Ali Shakeri
Ali Shakeri is an
Iranian-American businessman and activist. He graduated from theUniversity of Texas with a business administration degree. He serves on the Community Advisory Board of the Center for Citizen Peacebuilding at theUniversity of California, Irvine . [ [http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~cpb/about.html#Ali About Us ] ]Activism
Shakeri has also been a founding and active member [ [http://www.iran-emrooz.net/index.php?/politic/more/12998/ Iran Emrooz (iranian political online magazine) ] ] of Ettehade Jomhourikhahan-e Iran (EJI), which advocates a democratic and
secular republic inIran . [ [http://jomhouri.com/plus/platform_for_unity.htm Platform for Unity ] ]Imprisonment
As of
September 2007 , Shakeri was one of four Americans detained by theIranian government in that year; [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/24/AR2007092400168.html Ahmadinejad's Day One in New York: A Hostile Reception, a Rambling Talk - washingtonpost.com ] ] the others wereKian Tajbakhsh ,Haleh Esfandiari and Parnaz Azima. He went to Iran to visit his mother, who was ill and died during his visit. He was detained onMay 8 ,2007 . [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/31/AR2007053100995.html Wife Appeals for Information on Husband Held in Iran - washingtonpost.com ] ] OnJune 8 ,2007 , theIranian Student News Agency confirmed the detention. [http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iran-Detained-American.html] He was released onSeptember 25 ,2007 . [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/26/world/middleeast/25cnd-iran.html Iran Says American Detainee Released - New York Times ] ]Shakeri called the
American Iranian Council on October 2 to thank the AIC, and its members for diplomatic actions taken to gain his release from prison in Iran. [ [http://american-iranian.org/index.php American Iranian Council - AIC - A Platform for Dialogue ] ]References
*cite web |url=http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~cpb/about.html#Ali|title=About the Center for Citizen Peacebuilding|accessdate=2007-05-31
*cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/31/AR2007053100995.html|title=Wife Appeals for Information on Husband Held in Iran |publisher=Washington Post|date=2007-06-01|accessdate=2007-06-01
*cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iran-Detained-American.html|title=Iran Says It Is Holding 4th Dual Citizen |publisher=New York Times/Associated Press|date=2007-06-08|accessdate=2007-06-08Footnotes
External links
* [http://www.american-iranian.org American Iranian Council]
* [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-me-missing26may26,0,7338132.story?coll=la-home-center Much-admired UC Irvine figure is missing in Iran] , Los Angeles Times, May 26, 2007
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