Saba Azarpeik

Saba Azarpeik (Persian: صبا آذرپیک) is an Iranian journalist associated with the Iranian reformist movement.

Saba Azarpeik

2014 arrest

On 28 May 2014, Iranian security forces arrested Azarpeik at the Tehran offices of Tejarat-e-Farda, a pro-reform weekly where she had been working.[1]

She is reportedly being held in Ward 2-A of Evin Prison and has been charged with "propaganda against the state" and "dissemination of falsehoods."[2]

After 85 days in prison (solitary confinement), on 20 August, she was finally released on bail.[3]

References
  1. "Journalist Saba Azarpeik arrested in Iran". The Guardian. 28 May 2014.
  2. "New Wave of Arrests and Prison Sentences Against Journalists". International Campaign for Human Rights. 10 July 2014.
  3. "صبا آذرپیک به قید وثیقه آزاد شد". Persian Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 21 August 2014.


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