Mostafa Azizi ( Persian: مصطفی عزیزی) (born September 20, 1962) is an Iranian

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and

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Biography

Azizi was born in Arak. A graduate of theoretical economics from

Tehran University The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching p ...

, he started his professional life as a writer and editor of educational and scientific programs in the Iranian National Radio in 1986. In 1990, he moved to television and became the director of Computer Animation Unit (CAU). In 1994, he left the IRIB as an employee to open up the "Kelk-e-Khial" as a private film-producing company. In 2010, a collection of short stories authored by him in the Persian language were published in Iran under the title of ''I am Raymond Carver''. Carver, an American author of the 1960s, is said to be a major influence on his work. Since 2010, Azizi resides in Toronto where he is the director of Alternate Dream Productions Inc.

Arrest

Azizi returned to Tehran to visit his relatives in January 2015. On February 1, he was arrested reportedly charged with "insulting Iran's supreme leader," Ayatollah

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, and also "spreading propaganda" against the Islamic establishment. The charges apparently stem from some of Azizi's social media posts, although it's not clear which. On June 1, 2015, Branch 15 of the

Islamic Revolutionary Court Islamic Revolutionary Court (also Revolutionary Tribunal, ''Dadgahha-e Enqelab''Bakhash, Shaul, ''Reign of the Ayatollahs'', Basic Books, 1984, p.59-61) ( Persian: دادگاه انقلاب اسلامی) is a special system of courts in the Islami ...

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is th ...

sentenced Azizi to 8 years in prison.

Abolqasem Salavati Abolqasem Salavati ( fa, ابوالقاسم صلواتی) (born 16 July 1967) is an Iranian judge and former head of the 15th branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran, Iran. In recent years, he had been the judge of numerous controvers ...

was the presiding judge of his court. As of June 29, Azizi is being kept in Section 8 of the Evin Prison waiting for the final decision of the court. He got released on April 9, 2016.

Filmography

*''Pendulum'', feature film, Toronto, Canada, (2018) *''Gavsandough'', TV series, (2008) *''

Rahe Bipayan Rahe Bipayan ( fa, راه بی‌پایان, literally ''Endless Path''), is a 2007 television series broadcast by the IRIB network. The Director, producer and script-writer are Homayoun Assadian, Mostafa Azizi, and Ali Reza Bazrafshan. The sh ...

'', TV series, (2007) *''Talash'', Game show, (1996-2000) *''

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Bibliography

*''I am Raymond Carver'', Ofogh (2010) *''Shirin's Fortune (Rozegare Shirin)'', Elm (2016)

References

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* 1962 births People from Arak, Iran Iranian screenwriters Iranian film producers Living people {{Screen-writer-stub