Maziar Bahari, Iranian-born Newsweek Reporter
WHERE:
Zenger Room
MORE INFO:
NPC Newsmaker
This event is not sponsored or endorsed by The National Press Club. Inquiries should be directed to the contact above.
MAZIAR BAHAR, Iranian-born Newsweek reporter and author of THEN THEY CAME FOR ME: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity and Survival, will discuss HIS 118 DAYS IN 2009 IN A SIX-BY-TWELVE FOOT PRISON CELL IN TEHRAN'S EVIN PRISON, WRONGLY ACCUSED OF ESPIONAGE
Then They Came for Me describes the days leading up to the fiercely contested election and the clashes between Iranian citizens and police. In the epilogue, Mr. Bahari also writes about the recent turmoil in the Middle East and the possibility of a democratic Iranian government.
Contacts:
National Press Club: PETER HICKMAN
301/530-1210 (H&O/T&F), 301/367-7711 (CELL), 202/662-7540 (NPC), [email protected]
Mr. Bahari: LONDON KING (Random House, Spegel & Grau, The Dial Press)\
212/572-2693 (TEl), [email protected]