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

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

Early life edit

Azadeh Bokaie Dadgar was born on August 6, 1980, in Arak, Iran. She has a four-year-old daughter named Andiya.

Career edit

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 edit

In 2017, she was arrested after the Iranian Presidential Elections. Radio Deutschland[2] and the Human Rights Organization of Iran[3] criticized this arrest. In 2018, during protests in January, 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 Bokai has been arrested more than 3 times by Iranian law enforcement, judicial, and intelligence agencies.[4][5][6][7]

Awards edit

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.

References edit

  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