Iraj Mesdaghi
Mesdaghi in 2021
Born(1960-10-31)October 31, 1960
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian
Occupation(s)Writer, Human rights defender
Websitehttp://irajmesdaghi.com

Iraj Mesdaghi (Persian: ایرج مصداقی; born 1960) is an Iranian writer and human rights activist. He has lived in Stockholm, Sweden since 1994. He supported the People's Mujahedin of Iran before becoming one of its critics. Mesdaghi has written several books and articles on the 1988 mass executions of political prisoners in Iran.[1]

Biography

Mesdaghi was born in 1960 in Tehran, Iran. As a teenager, he traveled to the United States to work with the Confederation of Iranian Students to revive the student movement unit. He returned to Iran after the Iranian revolution. He was imprisoned in the Ghazelhasar, Evin and Gohardasht prisons for over 10 years, from 1981 to 1991, on charges of supporting the PMOI Organization.[2]

While in prison, Mesdaghi survived the 1988 mass executions of political prisoners in Iran. After being released, he was forced to flee from Iran to Sweden in 1994. In Sweden, he continued his work advancing human rights in Iran through work with the UN Human Rights Council, the International Labor Organization, and the European Parliament. He is currently independently engaged in political activity and research.

Mesdaghi is also a member of the "Committee for the Observation and Use of Iranian Justice Data", headed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi. The Committee helped verify information in a leaked file from the Iranian Judiciary which revealed the extent of the governments political arrests, imprisonments, and executions from 1978 to 2009. [3][4]

Cinematic presence

Mesdaghi was featured prominently in the documentaryThose Who Said No, directed by Nima Sarvestani. The film documents an international investigation of mass executions of political prisoners in Iran in the 1980s. It was shown at the IDFA.[5][6]

Bibliography

  • Neither Life Nor Death (Persian: نه زیستن نه مرگ)
  • Bar Saghe Tabideh Kanaf (Persian: برساقه تابیده کنف)
  • Torture in the Name of Allah (Persian: دوزخ روی زمین)
  • violation of fundamental rights of labour in iran (Persian: نگاهی به سازمان بین‌المللی کار و نقض حقوق بنیادین کار در ایران)
  • Negahi Ba Cheshme Jan (Persian: نگاهی با چشم جان)
  • Raghse Ghoughounosha va Avaze khakestar (Persian: رقص ققنوس‌ها و آواز خاکستر)
  • United Nations and violation of Human Rights in Iran (Persian: سازمان ملل متحد و نقض حقوق بشر در ایران)

Aside from publishing books, Iraj Mesdaghi has also published hundreds of articles and reports on human rights and disclosure against Islamic Republic policies.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Iraj Mesdaghi". www.irajmesdaghi.com. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  2. ↑ صفحه آخر ، صدای آمریکا
  3. ↑ "Forty years of state lies: RSF unveils leaked Iranian justice file | Reporters without borders". RSF. 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  4. ↑ "Iran: Leaked justice files reveal forty years of lies". International Observatory of Human Rights. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  5. ↑ www.oberon.nl, Oberon Amsterdam, Those Who Said No | IDFA, retrieved 2019-04-24
  6. ↑ "BBC World News - Storyville Global, Those Who Said No". BBC. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  7. ↑ Iraj Mesdaghi
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