Jamshid Sharmahd
Jamshid Sharmahd | |
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.jpeg) Jamshid Sharmahd in 2022 | |
| Born | March 23, 1955 [1] Tehran, Iran |
| Nationality | German |
| Citizenship | Germany |
| Education | Software engineering, Information technology |
| Occupation(s) | Software engineering, software developer |
| Known for | Creator of universal code editor Unipad, Iranian dissident and regime critic, As a software engineer he created a website and portal for dissident group Tondar |
| Notable work | Unipad |
Jamshid Sharmahd (Template:Lang-fa; born 23 March 1955) is a German-Iranian journalist and software engineer. He was born in Tehran and moved with his family to Germany when he was seven years old. He has been a German citizen since 1995. He established his own software company and in 2003 moved to the United States, where he is a legal resident.[1] In late July 2020, the Intelligence of the Islamic Regime arrested Sharmahd in Dubai and brought him to Iran. The Iranian government alleges that Sharmahd is responsible for a 2008 attack on a mosque in Shiraz that killed 14 people and injured 200. He has also been accused of being a spy for Western Intelligence, which is a common accusation made of regime critics.[2] His family deny all accusations.[3][4] His abduction is one of a series of kidnappings carried out by the government of Iran.[5][6][7]
Biography
Jamshid Sharmahd was born in Tehran in 1955 and moved with his father to Hannover, Germany, where he grew up in a German-Iranian household.[8] He studied to become an electrician and in 1980 briefly returned to Iran where he got married. In 1982, he returned to Germany with his wife and daughter Gazelle Sharmahd.
In 2007, a technical glitch exposed his contributions to the website of the dissident group Tondar publicly.[9] This led to targeted harassment and assassination attempts against him by the Iranian government.[10]
In July 2020 the Iranian regime kidnapped him during a stopover in Dubai, and took him to Iran where he has been held ever since.[11] His family claimed that he was going to be executed.[11]
See also
References
- ^ "German Citizen from Glendora, California abducted by Iran Ministry in Dubai". eTurboNews. 4 August 2020.
- ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Iran charges detained French tourist with spying: lawyer | DW | 30.05.2021". DW.COM. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ "Iran says it detains leader of California-based exile group". AP. 2 August 2020.
- ^ "Family tells AP: Iran abducted California man while in Dubai". AP. 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Iran 'spies' charged in plot to kidnap US journalist and speed her to Venezuela". the Guardian. 2021-07-14. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ "Why Iran abducted and hanged Ruhollah Zam". The Economist. 2020-12-16. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ Azizi, Arash (2021-01-12). "Opinion | Why Is Iran Kidnapping and Executing Dissidents?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ "Jamshid Sharmahd ist Opfer eines manipulativen Schauprozesses". Internationale Gesellschaft für Menschenrechte (IGFM) (in German). Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ "One Year After Abduction, Jamshid Sharmahd's Family Vows to Fight On". IranWire | خانه. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ Audi, Tamara (2010-05-10). "U.S.-Iran Feud Hits L.A." Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ a b "'Death sentence certain' for German-Iranian journalist". Jerusalem Post. 2022-07-25. Retrieved 2022-07-25.