Iason Athanasiadis
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Iason Athanasiadis is a writer, photographer, political analyst, and television producer who has contributed to a range of media, including the BBC, al-Jazeera, Channel 4[1], and specializes in the Middle East.
A graduate of Oxford University[2], Iason has written for the Christian Science Monitor, the Financial Times, the International Herald Tribune, the Sunday Telegraph, The Guardian, the Toronto Star, the Washington Times, the Athens News and Australia's leading current affairs magazine The Diplomat.[3]
He is a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University from 2007 to 2008.[4]
He was detained in Tehran on June 17, 2009 in the course of his reporting on the disputed Iranian elections. No details of his alleged crime were released, and no known charges have been made public.
Iason holds a masters degree from the Tehran School of International Relations.[5]
[edit] Some articles by Iason Athanasiadis
- World Politics Review: "Russia Steps Up Diplomacy in Renewed Bid for Middle East Influence"
- Asia Times Online: "A troubled triangle: Iran, India and Pakistan"
- Global Journalists: "Press Cards No Longer Shields"
- Center for Research on Globalization: "Iran Deploys its War Machine"
[edit] References
- ^ http://bjr.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/17/4/29.pdf
- ^ openDemocracy Author -Iason Athanasiadis
- ^ World Politics Review |Iason Athanasiadis
- ^ http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/pageone/2007-08release.html
- ^ http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/newsitem.aspx?id=100119

