Morteza Abdolalian
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Journalist, blogger, poet and human rights advocate Morteza
Abdolalian spent much of his academic and professional career abroad
following the 1979 Revolution in Iran. He first settled in the
Philippines, where he continued his studies. After returning to Iran in
the early 1980s, he was arrested at the airport and fingered as a leader
of the student movement. Morteza was taken to the notorious Evin Prison
in Tehran, where he was subjected to intense interrogations. Although
released a couple of weeks later, he was often harassed on the telephone
and detained. After being abducted off the street, his armed attacker
released him but promised to return. Morteza, no longer feeling safe,
doctored his passport and fled Iran.
After a short stay in Japan, Morteza settled in Canada. He writes for
several Farsi-language newspapers in Canada. He is a member of the
Oakville Writers' Group and a published poet. Most recently, in April
2005, he gave a reading at the Hamilton Poetry Centre as part of PEN
Canada's Readers & Writers program. Morteza Abdolalian is currently
managing Iran Watch Canada (www.moriab.blogspot.com) which monitors Free Expression and human rights in Iran.
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