Mehran Ghassemi

Mehran Ghassemi, () (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.

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.

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 , 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. <!-- fact tag refers to notability claims about the website, not that the subject of the article supervises that website -->

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).

Books

• Kimiâ Xâtoun, Sâles publication
• Felestin, na solh, na sâzesh

References

External links

• by Ata'ollah Mohajerani

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