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Two Iranian journalists handed heavy jail terms: report
- 2008-06-24
TEHRAN AFP — Two Iranian journalists who wrote for publications for Iran's ethnic minorities have been handed jail terms of up to 11 years, the Kargozaran newspaper reported. Mohammad Sadigh Kaboudvand, a member of Iran's Kurdish minority, was sentenced to 11 years in prison after creating a human rights...
Award-winning Iranian journalist hospitalised in jail: report
- 2008-05-12
TEHRAN AFP — An award-winning Iranian journalist and rights activist has been hospitalised in jail in Tehran after returning to prison from sick leave, a press report said on Monday. "Emadeddin Baghi has once again been taken to Evin prison infirmary," the reformist newspaper Kargozaran said, without giving details...
Award-winning Iranian journalist returns to jail
- 2008-04-15
TEHRAN AFP — An award-winning Iranian journalist and rights activist was due to return to prison on Tuesday after being allowed three months' leave because of illness, his lawyer said. The return to jail of Emadeddin Baghi, who heads a prisoners' rights group and has openly campaigned against the...
Iran frees reformist journalist
- 2007-08-31
TEHRAN AFP — Iran has released on bail a reformist journalist who was jailed for propagating against its Islamic system, the ISNA news agency on Friday quoted him as saying. "First of all the bail was set at 2,000 million rials (214,000 dollars) but after a while and with...
Iranian journalists face death for 'links to hostile groups'
- 2007-07-31
TEHRAN AFP — Two Iranian Kurdish journalists who face the death penalty have been sentenced to hang for harbouring links to "hostile" armed groups, their lawyer said on Wednesday. "The accusations against my clients have no link to their journalistic activities and the two are accused of collaborating with...
Iranian Nobel laureate's group blasts 'political' execution
- 2006-02-25
TEHRAN AFP — An Iranian rights group headed by Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi has protested at the execution of a political prisoner and the arrest of journalists. "Issuing the death sentence, which had been stalled for a long time for political prisoners, has been carried out for at least...
Emotional funeral for Iran plane crash victims
- 2005-12-08
TEHRAN AFP — Tens of thousands of mourners packed central Tehran for a mass funeral of victims killed when a military plane ploughed into a densely populated area of Tehran. The official news agency IRNA has put the latest death toll from the crash at 106, including 68 journalists...
116 killed as plane crashes in Tehran
- 2005-12-06
TEHRAN AFP — Around 116 people, many of the journalists, were killed when an aging Iranian military transport plane suffered engine failure and smashed into a densely populated area of Tehran, setting a high-rise block ablaze. Official media said all 94 on board the C-130 -- bought from the...
Jailed Iranian writer being tortured, wife alleges
- 2005-10-31
TEHRAN AFP — The wife of jailed Iranian journalist Akbar Ganji alleged her husband was being tortured, kept in solitary confinement and denied medical care. "I have submitted a complaint that my husband Akbar Ganji has been beaten up by prosecution operatives, moved into solitary confinement and deprived of...
Moscow denies Russian role in alleged Iran missile deal
- 2005-10-17
MOSCOW AFP — Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov denied a British newspaper report alleging that former members of the Russian military have been secretly helping Iran to make missiles capable of hitting European capitals. "It's delirium, nonsense," said Ivanov, questioned by journalists in New Delhi, where he was attending...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Guiraud | Vice President |
| Claude Perret | Director, HR |
| Denis Hiault | Director, Info |
| Jean-Pierre Vignolle | Director General |
| Jocelyne Bulke | Assistant Director |
| Michel Tourmen | Director, Finance |
| Yves de Saint Jacob | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications |
| Luke Hunt | |
| Michael Mainville | Correspondent |
| Dan Jung | Multimedia Editor |
| Peter Wutherich | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications | Current |
Luke Hunt has worked as a journalist for 20 years, primarily with Agence France-Presse, and is a routine contributor to World Politics Review. In addition to covering the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East. He served as AFP bureau chief in Phnom Penh and Kabul. Currently based in Hong Kong, Hunt's work has appeared in many international newspapers and on international networks including CNN, the BBC and ABC in his native Australia. He has an academic background in military studies and economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Correspondent | Current |
| Global Radio News Ltd. | Current | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Moscow-Based Freelance Correspondent | Former |
| The Gazette | Reporter | Former |
| The Prague Post | Reporter | Former |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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