All of us at Gatestone are so immensely saddened by the sudden loss of the remarkable journalist, Burak Bekdil. He was taken from us far too soon, but we will always be grateful for his extraordinary courage and brilliant analyses. You were a Superstar, dear Burak. We miss you and we send your treasured family all our love and prayers.
Bahareh Hedayat is a human rights activist who has spent over six years in an Iranian prison for "insulting" Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and for "actions against national security, propagation of falsehoods, mutiny and illegal congregation." Hedayat is the longest serving female prisoner of conscience in Iran.