# Akbar Ganji

> Akbar Ganji is an Iranian journalist, writer and a former member of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He has been described as "Iran's preeminent political dissident", and a "wildly popular pro-democracy journalist" who has crossed press censorship "red lines" regularly. A supporter of the Islamic revolution as a youth, he became disenchanted in the mid-1990s and served time in Tehran's Evin Prison from 2001 to 2006, after publishing a series of stories on the murder of dissident authors known as the Chain Murders of Iran. While in prison, he issued a manifesto which established him as the first "prominent dissident, believing Muslim and former revolutionary" to call for a replacement of Iran's theocratic system with "a democracy". He has been described as "Iran's best-known political prisoner".

*Iranian journalist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/akbar-ganji

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Born:** 1960-01-31
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 51.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.2 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 15.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.akbarganji.org/

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Akbar_Gangi)
- [أكبر غانجي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%8A)
- [اکبر گنجی](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A8%D8%B1_%DA%AF%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C)
- [Akbar Gandschi](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Gandschi)
- [Akbar Ganji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Ganji)
- [Akbar Ganji](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Ganji)
- [Akbar Ganji](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Ganji)
- [اکبر گنجی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A8%D8%B1_%DA%AF%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C)
- [Akbar Gandji](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Gandji)
- [אכבר גנג'י](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%A8_%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%92'%D7%99)
- [Akbar Gangi](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Gangi)
- [Akbar Ganji](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Ganji)
- [Akbar Ganji](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Ganji)
- [Ekber Genci](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekber_Genci)
- [Акбар Ганджі](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%96)
- [Akbar Ganji](https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Ganji)
- [阿克巴尔·甘吉](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E5%85%8B%E5%B7%B4%E5%B0%94%C2%B7%E7%94%98%E5%90%89)
- [Wikiquote](https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A8%D8%B1_%DA%AF%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q416794)

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