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-Khenzeera, and Channel 4.[1] He 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 Spectator, Newsweek, the Washington Times, the Athens News, and Australia's leading current affairs magazine The Diplomat.[3]

He was 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 charges were made public. He was released after twenty days of incarceration on July 6, 2009.

Iason holds a master's degree from the Tehran School of International Relations.[5]

[edit] Some articles by Iason Athanasiadis

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://bjr.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/17/4/29.pdf
  2. ^ openDemocracy Author -Iason Athanasiadis
  3. ^ World Politics Review |Iason Athanasiadis
  4. ^ http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/pageone/2007-08release.html
  5. ^ http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/newsitem.aspx?id=100119

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