Maziar Bahari

maziar@maziarbahari.com

PROJECTS

Actor Rainn Wilson with Maziar Bahari at Education is not a Crime Live in LA, February 2015.

Actor Rainn Wilson with Maziar Bahari at Education is not a Crime Live in LA, February 2015.

Journalism is not a Crime

Over 65 journalists are being held by the Iranian authorities, many without charge.

Iran regularly uses imprisonment and torture to restrict freedom of the press, Journalism is not a Crime documents and supports the rights of Iran's journalism community.


IranWire

IranWire seeks to empower Iranian citizen journalists by creating a forum in which young Iranians can discuss national and local news, providing training modules and putting Iranian citizen journalists inside the country in touch with professional Iranian journalists. 


Education is not a Crime

Education is not a crime. People around the world are telling the Iranian government that Baha’is must be allowed to attend university. 

A documentary released in 2014, To Light a Candle, produced by Maziar Bahari, tells the remarkable story of the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education.