All entries tagged: Iason Athanasiadis
Reports: Iason Athanasiadis freed in Iran
I’ve been hesitant to post anything since there have been a few false alarms in the past two weeks, but it does truly appear that my friend and Nieman colleague Iason Athanasiadis has been released from Iranian custody. CPJ has issued a statement on his release, which I imagine is as good a confirmation as [...]
Nieman Foundation calls for release of Iason Athanasiadis, journalist detained by Iranian government
You may have seen that our friend Iason Athanasiadis has been arrested by the Iranian government. Iason is a Greek freelance journalist with wide international experience and was a member of the 2007-08 class of Nieman Fellows here at Harvard.
Bob Giles, curator of the Nieman Foundation and my boss, has written a statement on [...]
