# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/iqbal-athas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:45:25.146Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/iqbal-athas"
name: "Iqbal Athas"
slug: "iqbal-athas"
description: "Iqbal Athas was a Sri Lankan journalist. He was a defence columnist for The Sunday Times, and also contributed to Jane's Defence Weekly, CNN, and The Times of London. He was threatened for his investigative reporting which uncovered scandals in the purchase of the arms by Sri Lankan Defence personnel, particularly the Sri Lanka Air Force. He won several international journalism awards for his work, and in 2000, The New York Times described him as \"the country's leading military correspondent.\""
tagline: "Sri Lankan journalist"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/Iqbal_Athas.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1944"
deathDate: "2026-01-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.470626666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ඉක්බාල් අතාස්"
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    title: "Iqbal Athas"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iqbal_Athas"
    title: "Iqbal Athas"
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  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%AA%DA%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "اقبال اتھاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iqbal_Athas"
    title: "Iqbal Athas"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3639185"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump