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Azadeh Bokaie Dadgar

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Azadeh Bokaie Dadgar
Born(1980-08-06)August 6, 1980
Occupations
  • Lawyer
  • Journalist
  • Editor
  • Women's rights activist
Years active1999–present
ChildrenAndiya

Azadeh Bokaie Dadgar (Persian: آزاده بُکایی دادگر, born August 6, 1980) is an Iranian lawyer, journalist, editor, and women's rights activist.

Early life and Career

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Azadeh Bokaie Dadgar was born on August 6, 1980, in Arak, Iran. She began writing with the Lalleh Sorkh newspaper in Arak at the age of 19 and later became the editor of the Atreyas newspaper.[1]

Arrests

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In 2017, she was arrested after the Iranian Presidential Elections. Radio Deutschland[2] and the Human Rights Organization of Iran[3] criticized this arrest. During protests in January 2018, she was arrested again at her mother's house. In the same year, she was arrested a second time by the Markazi Intelligence Organization. In total, Azadeh Bokaie has been arrested more than three times by Iranian law enforcement, judicial, and intelligence agencies.[4][5][6][7]

Awards

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In 2015 and 2016, on National Reporter's Day in Iran, she was acknowledged as the most active and most experienced female reporter in the province of Markazi, Iran.

Personal Life

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She has a four-year-old daughter named Andiya.

References

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  1. ^ "پایگاه خبری روزنامه عطریاس - آخرین اخبار استان مرکزی". Archived from the original on February 6, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  2. ^ Persian Radio Deutschland [permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Archived copy Archived February 17, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ خبرنگار روزنامه عطر یاس اراک آزاد شد ILNA (in Persian) Archived 31 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Bashariyat Halgheh [permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Radio Zamaneh [permanent dead link]
  7. ^ خبرنگار روزنامه عطر یاس اراک آزاد شد Archived 3 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine