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Adam Klasfeld is a journalist and playwright. He has written and directed several theater plays and is a journalist for the Courthouse News and also a regular reporter for a variety of news outlets.[1]

Journalistic career

As a journalist he has reported about the trial of the Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab, who circumvented the US sanction regime on Iran[2] and also in a similar case in which Halkbank, a Turkish state owned bank, is also accused of circumventing the US sanctions against Iran.[3] The access to an article he wrote about a money courier of Reza Zarrab, was banned by a court in Istanbul on the 23 September 2020.[4] Other relevant events he covered in his articles were the attempted impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump[5] and the trial of Michael Cohen, a former lawyer to Donald Trump.[5] He was accused by the Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah of being a complicit of the so-called terrorist organization FETÖ, the movement of Fethullah Gülen.[6][7]

Theater career

He is often involved with the theater company called One Armed Man.[8] He is open to unusual sceneries for his plays. In July 2009, his play The Report of My Death was performed on board a ship on the Hudson River, New York.[9] He also organized a theater festival at the Brecht Forum.

Other plays he wrote are:

  • I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill's Lover, Last Night
  • The Prostitute of Reverie Valley
  • Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

References

  1. ^ "Adam Klasfeld | About and Contact". Adam Klasfeld. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  2. ^ Tarcan, Pınar (13 December 2017). "Adam Klasfeld: We've Fulfilled People's Desire for Uncensored Information with Zarrab Trial Tweets". Bianet. Retrieved 23 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Klasfeld, Adam (2020-06-30). "Turkey's State-Run Halkbank Wants to Gum Up Money-Laundering Trial". Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  4. ^ "Rıza Sarraf'ın para transferini anlatan habere erişim engeli geldi". Halk TV (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  5. ^ a b Klasfeld, Adam; Mineiro, Megan (2020-01-14). "Indicted Giuliani Ally Has Money-Tied Republicans Seeking Cover". Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  6. ^ sabah, daily (2019-11-12). "FETÖ enjoys freedom in US, Turkish media barred from covering its activities". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  7. ^ TM. "US journalist branded as terrorist by pro-government Turkish daily - Turkish Minute". Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  8. ^ Jacobs, Leonard (2010-05-12). "Glenn Beck, Now a Theater Festival Is Named After You". Clyde Fitch Report. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  9. ^ Piepenburg, Erik (2009-07-27). "Theater Where It's Least Expected". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-23.