Ali Akbar Amini

Ali Akbar Amini

He is a member of "Iran's Writers' Association" and the executive director of "Nashr-e-Digar" publications. The publishing house's license was revoked in 2012. Ali Akbar Amini and his wife, Nazi Eskoo'ee, were sentenced to prison afterward. Ali Akbar Amini and Nazi Eskoo'ee had been in prison for political reasons before the revolution.

Yashar Amini, Mr. Amini’s son and Nashr-e-Digar’s technical director, was sentenced to prison in 2009 for collaborating with Iran’s Writers’ Association. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

  • <coverage-outsourcing id='33771'> <reference source='https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%B1_%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1'> Ministry of Intelligence agents seized all documents related to “Nashr-e-Digar” in spring 2009. After that, the publications’ members, three of whom are members of the same family, were summoned to offices of the Ministry of Intelligence in Tehran several times and were interrogated. It is said that subjects such as “being in contact with Iran’s Writers’ Association and social activists, the motivation behind choosing book titles, visiting Khavaran cemetery (where political prisoners have been buried) and Emamzadeh Taher (where famous artists and a number of state dissidents have been buried) have been referred to during the interrogations. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='33772'> <reference source='https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%B1_%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1'> Yashar Amini, the technical director of "Nashr-e-Digar," was arrested by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and was released from detention center 209 of Evin Prison some time later. The Intelligence agents inspected his parents' house and his office at the publishing house while he was being interrogated. In the end, he was sentenced to one year in prison for collaborating with the Writers' Association. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='33773'> <reference source='https://t.me/kanoon_nevisandegane_iran/523'> “Nashr-e-Digar” publications’ license was revoked. After some time, The Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced Ali Akbar Amini and Nazi Eskoo’ee to one year in prison each. They were charged with propaganda against the state, and The court reached this verdict on account of this couple’s cooperation with Iran’s Writers’ Association. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='33775'> <reference source='https://t.me/kanoon_nevisandegane_iran/523'> Ali Akbar Amini was detained and transferred to prison to serve his sentence. He seems to be kept in Evin Prison. First, the couple's bank accounts had gotten blocked, and then, they were summoned to serve their sentences. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>