Hossein Shanbehzadeh
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Hossein has worked as a translator, literary editor and activist.[1][2] He has gained notoriety for his critical or satirical messages about the Iranian regime and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.[3][4] In 2019 he was arrested in relation with the 2019 Iranian protests, charged with “insulting the sanctities and the leader of the Islamic Republic.”,[2] He was imprisoned in Evin Prison and sentenced to six years in prison. He was released at the beginning of 2024, between March and April, before the end of his sentence.[3][5]
