Iranian journalist
Yashar Soltani (Persian : یاشار سلطانی ) is an Iranian journalist who is managing-director and editor-in-chief of Memari News website.
In September 2016, following publishing a set of declassified reports involving General Inspection Office on the controversial transfer of properties held by the Tehran Municipality to a number of people, he was arrested.[ 1] [ 2] He was released in November.[ 3]
Soltani stood as a candidate for the City Council of Tehran in the Iranian local elections, 2017 .[ 4] He was placed 43rd with 256,424 votes, unable to win a seat.[ 5]
^ Saeed Kamali Dehghan (4 November 2016), "Silencing of journalist draws huge backlash from Iranian public" , The Guardian , retrieved 14 November 2016
^ Misha Zand (20 September 2016), Multiple arrests in Iran as Rouhani arrives in New York , Al-Monitor, retrieved 14 November 2016
^ Iran News Round Up , AEI Critical Threats Project, 14 November 2016, retrieved 14 November 2016
^ "Iran's Other Elections: Local Council Applicants Subjected to Arbitrary Vetting" , Center for Human Rights in Iran , 27 April 2017, retrieved 14 May 2017
^ آگهی نتیجه انتخابات پنجمين دوره شورای اسلامی شهر تهران (PDF) (in Persian), Ministry of Interior , 21 May 2017, retrieved 22 May 2017