Ebrahim Nabavi

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Ebrahim Nabavi

Ebrahim Nabavi (* 1958 ) is an Iranian journalist , writer and well-known satirist .

In the late 1990s he began to publish parodies of official pronouncements in various Iranian magazines that quickly brought him into conflict with the regime. Sentenced to 18 months in prison at the end of 1998, his prison memoirs, which were published afterwards, helped him to gain further popularity.

He has lived in Belgium since July 2005 and writes for internet newspapers such as Rooz-Online and BBC Persian. In 2005 he was awarded the Prince Claus Prize .

Quotes

  • The more people loathed him, the bigger the portraits that showed him became. (Nabavi compares Reza Pahlavi and Khomeini)
  • Most of the leaders of our labor movement and many members of the Communist Party of Iran were rich youth. The people they beat up ... were the poor.
  • If the laws and penalties of the Sharia were ever applied consistently, then 80 percent of the population would have to be punished.
  • If he had not had a depilatory agent available, the suicide would still have occurred in the following ways: jumping off the shower head, devouring the soap, choking on the hot water jet or slipping in the bathroom. (on the death of Said Emami )
  • We will use the atom bomb peacefully and also produce electricity. (alluding to Iran's nuclear policy)

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SURNAME Nabavi, Ebrahim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nabavī, Ibrāhīm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian journalist, writer and satirist
DATE OF BIRTH 1958