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Fatemeh Ekhtesari

Fatemeh Ekhtesari

1986

Nationality
Iran
Occupation
poet

Fateme Ekhtesari, also Fatemeh Ekhtesari, (born 1986) is an Iranian poet and writer.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Evin Prison
    Dates unknown

Biography

Fateme Ekhtesari, also Fatemeh Ekhtesari, (born 1986) is an Iranian poet and writer. Ekhtesari lived in Karaj and she writes in Persian. In 2013, she appeared at the poetry festival in Gothenburg, Göteborgs poesifestival. After she arrived back in Iran she was imprisoned and later released on bail. Her verdict came in 2015 when she was sentenced to 99 lashes and 11.5 years imprisonment for crimes against the Iranian government, for immoral behaviour and blasphemy.

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