Reza Alijani Explained
Reza Alijani (Persian: رضا علیجانی) is an Iranian journalist, writer and nationalist-religious activist.
Alijani has been described as "Neo-Shariatist"[3] and a leading post-Islamist intellectual figure.[4]
Alijani has spent years in jail since 1980s.[1] Amnesty International has designated him a prisoner of conscience.[5]
He has been the editor of Iran-e-Farda before it was banned in 2000.
Notes and References
- Web site: Reza Alijani, laureate of the Reporters Without Borders-Fondation de France 10th press freedom award, will begin his second year in detention. 8 June 2004. Reporters Without Borders. 10 March 2017.
- Web site: Wife of Reza Alijani, jailed jouranlist [sic] calls for husband's fair trial]. 13 March 2001. Islamic Republic News Agency. 10 March 2017. Payvand.
- Book: Yadullah Shahibzadeh. Islamism and Post-Islamism in Iran: An Intellectual History. Springer. 85. 2016. 9781137578259.
- Book: Meysam Badamchi. Post-Islamist Political Theory: Iranian Intellectuals and Political Liberalism in Dialogue. 5. Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations. Springer. 12. 2017. 9783319594927.
- Web site: Fear for safety/ Incommunicado detention/ Risk of torture and ill- treatment/Prisoners of conscience (POCs). UA 230/03. 31 July 2003. Amnesty International. 10 March 2017.
