The Daily Show: Persians of Interest
Jason Jones of The Daily Show visited Iran prior to the election and spoke to three different Iranian reformers. All three were arrested without charges immediately after the election. Makes for a pretty interesting segment of American television.
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1. Ebrahim Yazdi: Member of the “Freedom Movement of Iran” was arrested on June 17 despite being hospitalized.
- Guardian UK – Mass Arrests and Campus Raids as Regime hits back
- Wikipedia – Ebrahim Yazdi
2. Maziar Bahari: Journalist for Newsweek Magazine, kidnapped from his mothers apartment in Tehran by security officers on June 21st.
- Newsweek – Newsweek Reporter Arrested Without Charge in Iran
- Wikipedia – Maziar Bahari
3. Mohammad Ali Abtahi: Iranian theologian, scholar and chairman of the Institute for Interreligious Dialogue was arrested on June 16.
- Reuters – Leading Iranian Reformist Arrested
- Wikipedia – Mohammad Ali Abtahi
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Wow.
It’s hard to be funny about such serious stuff. People like that are the ones who help keep the world from shooting itself in the face, while trying to kill the other guys. Bravo to Daily Show, again, for doing some pretty good not-funny journalism, mixed with some funny journalism.
[...] off as a very free open protest, but quickly turned to beatings, murders, more violence, and imprisonments minus trials. Does it look like Iranians have freedom of speech [...]