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Amir-Abbas Fakhravar〔Various spellings of the Persian name can also include: Amir Abbas Fakhravar, Amir A. Fakhravar, AmirAbbas Fakhravar, Amir-Abbās Fakhr-āvar, Amir-Abbas Fakhr-Avar, Amir Abbas Fakhr Avar.〕 ((ペルシア語:امیر عباس فخرآور), aka ''Siavash'' (Persian: سیاوش), born July 6, 1975) is an Iranian jailed dissident , award winning writer and the recipient of the Annie Taylor Award.〔(Annie Taylor Award Recipient Amir Abbas Fakhravar at Freedom Center's Restoration Weekend in Palm Beach, Florida November 2007 ) Annie Taylor Award〕 In 2002 he and Arzhang Davoodi co-founded the Confederation of Iranian Students (CIS), an organization that aims to institute democracy in Iran. Fakhravar serves as the Secretary General of the Confederation of Iranian Students and President of the "Iranian Freedom Institute" in Washington, D.C. Currently, Fakhravar serves as Research Fellow and Visiting Lecturer at the Center for the Study of Culture and Security at The Institute of World Politics.〔(''Amir Abbas Fakhravar as a Research Fellow and Visiting Lecturer at the Institite of World Policts'' ), ''IWP'', April 26, 2000.〕 Fakhravar has testified before the Senate Homeland Security committee〔(Iran's Nuclear Impasse: Next Steps ) Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs〕 and the House Foreign Affairs〔(Is America's Overseas Broadcasting Undermining our National Interest and the Fight Against Tyrannical Regimes? ) House Committee on Foreign Affairs〕 on U.S-Iran relation, Foreign Policy, U.S. government broadcasting and Iran's Nuclear issues. Fakhravar, among his CIS team, briefed parliament members at the European Parliament〔. (''Amir Fakhravar at EU Parliament.'' ), ''EU Parliament'', May 7, 2012.〕 and Parliament of Finland,〔. (''Amir A. Fakhravar's speech at Finland Parliament.'' ), ''Finland Parliament'', May 9, 2012.〕 the Parliament of the United Kingdom,〔VOA. (''VOA program on Amir Fakhravar's speech at UK Parliament'' ), ''Voice of America'', October 29, 2008.〕 Parliament of Israel,〔. (''Iranian dissident Amir Fakhraver tells Knesset members the Iranian people are not like their government.'' ), ''Jerusalem Post'', February 1, 2012.〕 Parliament of Germany,〔. (''Iranian Opposition figure Amir Abbas Fakhravar met Ropert Polenz, Chairman of German Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee.'' ), ''Jüdische Zeitung'', April 25, 2012.〕 and Parliament of Canada.〔. (''Amir Fakhravar and James Bazan (Canadian Parliament Member).'' ), ''Canadian Parliament'', May 2010.〕 He has been a foreign affairs and Iran expert at FOX News, Alhurra, CNN, CBN, VOA, Radio Farda and CBS. ==Biography== According to an article in FrontPage Magazine, a conservative online political magazine, Fakhravar was born on July 6, 1975 in the capital city of Tehran, Iran. His father, "Mohammad-Bagher Fakhravar", was an enlisted member in the Iranian Air Force. His mother, "Parvaneh Pir-Dehghan", had a lot of influence on him. He delivered his first political speech at the age of 17, in 1993, while a senior in high school.〔Jacob Laksin. (''One Day in the Life of Amir Abbas Fakhravar'' ), ''FrontPage Magazine'', November 12, 2007.〕 The speech was directed to Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani after which he was arrested.〔 Fakhravar received his high school diploma in Mathematics and Physics in city of Shiraz.〔 In December 1994, he gave another speech while attending medical school in Iran's Orumiya province.〔 He was arrested and sentenced to a three-year jail term which was later partially suspended.〔 He was also suspended for two semesters and later transferred to Bushehr University of Medical Sciences.〔 In 1997, he published his first book titled "سبزترین چشم زمین" (Sabztarin Cheshme Zamin, The Greenest Eyes on Earth). Fakhravar was on the front-line of the Iran student protests, July 1999.〔 Fakhravar was a writer and a columnist for two banned and pro-reform dallies, Khordad and Mosharekat.〔(), International Pen, November 15, 2004.〕〔(), PEN Canada, March 2004.〕 Khordad (newspaper) was closed in November 1999, and its chief editor Abdollah Noori sentenced to 5 years imprisonment.〔(''Iranian Courts used to suppress political opinion and journalistic freedom'' ), ''Amnesty International'', December 1999.〕 Mosharekat was closed during closure of 17 reformist newspapers in April 2000.〔(''Iranian protest at press closures'' ), ''BBC'', April 26, 2000.〕 Amir Abbas was arrested while with his sister, Mahlagha Fakhravar, during student uprising on August 2000. He was sent to Evin Prison. Later that year, Fakhravar was taken from his home on December 31 by five men in civilian clothing to the Evin prison and tortured heavily until he had to be transferred to "Ghamar-e Bani Hashem" hospital in Tehran for emergency treatment.〔 In November 2007, Fakhravar received the Annie Taylor Journalism Award.〔(), June 1989.〕 Fakhravar is the author of three books,, an honorary member of English PEN, PEN Canada, and International PEN.〔〔〔(), International Pen, April 2003.〕 A number of prominent Iranian political prisoners, including some who shared the same cell as Fakhravar in jail, have argued that Fakhravar was not in fact a leader of the student movements in 1999 and have accused him of spying for the Iranian government while in jail and exaggerating his story of escape.〔. (''Has Washington Found its Iranian Chalabi?'' ), ''Mother Jones'', October 5, 2006.〕〔. (''Know More About Abbass Fakhavar'' ), ''Ahmad Batebi'', December 21, 2012.〕〔. (''Iran Hawks Reorganize'' ), ''The American Prospect'', November 13, 2006.〕 These critics include Bina Darab-Zand, an imprisoned human rights activist; Nasser Zarafshan, an Iranian human rights attorney and former Evin detainee who shared a cell with Fakhavar; Nasrin Mohammadi, the sister of Akbar Mohammadi, the political dissident who died in Evin prison while on hunger strike; Mohsen Sazegara, an Iranian dissent who was also imprisoned in Iran; Najmeh Bozorgmehr, the Financial Times' Tehran correspondent who closely followed the 1999 pro-democracy Tehran; and Ahmad Batebi, another prominent political dissident who is pictured with Fakhravar in Evin. Fakhravar and his supporters vehemently deny these allegations, saying that the attacks are motivated by petty jealousy and a vendetta by Fakhravar's enemies on the Iranian left.〔. (''Has Washington Found its Iranian Chalabi?'' ), ''Mother Jones'', October 5, 2006.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amir-Abbas Fakhravar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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