Amir Hossein Esmaili

Amir Hossein Esmaili (Amir Hossein Miresmaili) is a reporter. He was arrested after publishing a tweet which intelligence forces labeled as “insulting Imam Reza”. He was also fired from his job as a reporter at Jahan-e-Sanat newspaper due to this tweet.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='22179'> He was arrested Was arrested. A few days earlier he had published a tweet which was deemed by security forces and certain government supporters to be an “insult” to the eighth Shia Imam. A group of religious people had orchestrated a gathering calling for his arrest. He was also fired from Jahan-e- Sanat newspaper due to this tweet </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='22180'> According to Mizan, Iran’s chief prosecutor, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, stated that “in their newspapers, they remain silent in the face of a disgraceful individual’s insult to Imam Reza’s holy sanctuary”. It seems that what is being referred to by Mr. Montazeri as an ‘insult’, is a tweet by the reformist journalist Amir Hossein Esmaili </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='22181'> He was released on bail </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='23247'> He was arrested and transferred to Fashafouyeh prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36441'> He was released on bail </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='24729'> Journalist Amir Hossein Esmaili was sentenced to six years in prison for "insulting Islam," eight months in prison for "insulting authorities," 14 months in prison and a fine of 600 thousand tomans for "publishing immorality," and three years in prison "agitating the public consciousness" (Article 134: six years in prison). He left the country </coverage-outsourcing>