Ali-Akbar Saidi Sirjani
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Ali-Akbar Saidi Sirjani (Sirjan , December 12, 1931 - 1994)(Persian: علیاکبر سعیدی سیرجانی ) was an Iranian writer, poet and journalist who was imprisoned, and later reportedly killed in prison in mysterious circumstances in Tehran at hands of the Islamic Republic intelligence ministry in 1994.
[edit] Arrest
Saidi-Sirjani was arrested on March 14th, 1994 and charged with openly criticizing the government, among other things. A spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Security and Intelligence stated that the arrest was for "drug use, fabrication of alcohol, homosexual activity, contacts with spy networks, and having received money from Western ‘counterrevolutionaries’" It is widely believed and there is some evidence that he was killed by Saeed Emami's "Unlashed" group in the Ministry of Security and Intelligence of Iran.
[edit] External links
- Leading Dissident Writer in Iran Dies After 8 Months in Detention
- TITLE: IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES, 1994
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