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F. M. Sokhan (Farhad Mashregh Zamini)
Farhad Mashregh Zamini is an Iranian writer and satirist. He was born in Tehran on 14.06.1959.

He has been writing in anti-regime publications since 1979 anonymously or under various pseudonyms, and since 1987 in an effort to protect his identity, under the pen name, F.M. Sokhan.

In 2003 Sokhan started publishing on the web. His articles and satire pieces on social and political issues are published on Gooya news, an Iranian news site. Since 2013 Sokhan has a weekly program called, ‘The world according to Sokhan’ on Iran e Farda, a Persian language television station based in London, England.

In 2006 Elham Afroutan, a young journalist working for Hormozgan newspaper in Bandar Abbas published one of Sokhan’s articles supposing it to be a scientific piece. The article titled, “Combating AIDS openly: how to immunise against the AIDS that is the government?” created much angry protests and led to the destruction of the newspaper offices and the arrest of 20 of its young employees including Elham Afroutan. Ms. Afroutan was accused of authoring the article. Government news organs reported on two separate occasions Ms. Afroutan’s suicide while in custody.

In “Combating AIDS”, Sokhan likened Khomeini to the AIDS virus that spread from France to Iran in 1979 and infected Iran’s society and government.

As soon as learning of Elham Afroutan’s arrest, F.M. Sokhan announced his authorship of the article after which Ms Afroutan was transferred from Bandar Abbas to Tehran’s Evin prison. After 6 months she was released but banned for life from journalism.

After this incident, F.M. Sokhan managed to continue his writing both in Iran and in Europe while still keeping his identity hidden.

In the summer of 2017 while F.M. Sokhan was residing in Germany, government intelligence agencies discovered his real identity.

F.M. Sokhan is now living in Germany and continues his critique of the Iranian regime and religious superstition.

Sources:

Gooya News:

https://www.google.de/search?q=”ف+م+سخن”+site:news.gooya.com&lr=&as_qdr=all&prmd=vsin&ei=dkjAWZuSIYWQUf_mvogL&start=0&sa=N&biw=1366&bih=1004&gws_rd=cr&dcr=0

Iran e Farda television:

iranefardalive.com/archive/f-m-sokhan/

Combating AIDS openly: how to immunise against the AIDS that is the government?

http://news.gooya.com/politics/archives/040405.php

My satire, the chaos in Bandar Abbas, and the arrest and torture of an innocent young woman:

news.gooya.com/politics/archives/043195.php

Denial of an Iranian journalist’s suicide in prison:

www.bbc.com/persian/iran/story/2006/02/060218_mf_afroutan_denial.shtml

The real accused introduces himself. No pardon. Execute him!

www.harra.blogsky.com/print/post-14

The Ministry of Intelligence has identified me. Meet the real me:

news.gooya.com/2017/08/post-6090.php

Elham Aftroutan’s suicide:

https://www.google.de/search?q=بی+بی+سی+الهام+افروتن&rlz=1C9BKJA_enDE666DE666&hl=en-GB&prmd=vni&ei=YU3AWZjCGIutUfSjt4gN&start=0&sa=N&biw=1366&bih=1004