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Akbar Ganji

1960 - Today

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Akbar Ganji (Persian: اکبر گنجی , born 31 January 1960) is an Iranian journalist, writer and a former member of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He has been described as "Iran's preeminent political dissident", and a "wildly popular pro-democracy journalist" who has crossed press censorship "red lines" regularly. A supporter of the Islamic revolution as a youth, he became disenchanted in the mid-1990s and served time in Tehran's Evin Prison from 2001 to 2006, after publishing a series of stories on the murder of dissident authors known as the Chain Murders of Iran. While in prison, he issued a manifesto which established him as the first "prominent dissident, believing Muslim and former revolutionary" to call for a replacement of Iran's theocratic system with "a democracy". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Akbar Ganji is the 141st most popular journalist, the 477th most popular biography from Iran and the most popular Iranian Journalist.

Akbar Ganji is most famous for his investigative journalism and activism against the Iranian government, particularly his critiques of political repression and human rights abuses in Iran. He gained international attention for his imprisonment and subsequent hunger strike, which highlighted issues of free speech and political dissent in the country.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Akbar Ganji ranks 141 out of 196. Before him are Amy Goodman, Lesley Stahl, Peter Arnett, Nina García, Samantha Power, and Rosanna Marani. After him are Danish Siddiqui, Ekaterina Andreeva, Pavel Sheremet, Darya Dugina, Halyna Hutchins, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Akbar Ganji ranks 690. Before him are Yasunori Matsumoto, Wolf Haas, Barbara Mensing, Ștefan Iovan, Yeşim Ustaoğlu, and Jérôme Valcke. After him are Christopher Clark, Ellen Becker, Lev Manovich, Peter Seisenbacher, Matt Salinger, and Ralph Sampson.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Akbar Ganji ranks 477 out of 631. Before him are DJ Aligator (1975), Jasmin Tabatabai (1967), Shohreh (1959), Maryam Namazie (1966), Khodadad Azizi (1971), and Alireza Jahanbakhsh (1993). After him are Man Haron Monis (1964), Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani (1963), Hossein Sheikholeslam (1952), Zar Amir Ebrahimi (1981), Zahra Eshraghi (1964), and Yahya Golmohammadi (1971).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Iran

Among journalists born in Iran, Akbar Ganji ranks 1. 

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