Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Iranian journalist
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Place of Birth: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
About Mashallah Shamsolvaezin
- Mashallah Shamsolvaezin (born 18 June 1957) is an Iranian newspaper and magazine publisher who edited many of post-revolutionary Iran's first and most widely circulated independent newspapers, including Kayhan, Jame'eh, Neshat, and Asr-e Azadegan.
- He currently serves as the spokesman for the Iranian Committee for the Defense of Freedom of the Press, and also as vice president of the Association of Iranian Journalists.
- A recipient of the 2000 CPJ International Press Freedom Award, Shamsolvaezin has been imprisoned multiple times for his journalistic activities.
- On June 29, 2014, he was charged with "propaganda against the state" and banned from leaving Iran.
- As of July 2014, he is on bail.
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