Ali Asghar Amirani - Khandaniha Magazine

Khandaniha was a weekly publication of critical political analysis founded in 1940 by Ali Asghar Amirani during the late Shah's regime. Ali Asghar Amirani was arrested on March 12,1979, a month after the Islamic revolution, during the trial of the former Prime Minister Hovayda. After more than a year in jail, Amirani was executed by firing squad on June 21, 1981, the only journalist executed in Iran ever! Khandaniha had much influence with intellectuals, and consisted of extracts and collections of foreign and Persian articles as well as commentary by the editor and publisher, Ali Asghar Amirani himself. On 8 April, 1981, Amnesty International wrote to the Iranian Embassy in London, asking to be informed of the charges against the imprisoned Ali Asghar Amirani, proprietor and editor-in chief of the former weekly journal Khandaniha. No further information about Ali Asghar Amirani reached Amnesty International by the end of April 1981. After Amirani's ex*****on, opportunists around the world have named various publications Khandaniha, but they are not affiliated in any way with the the real Khandaniha Magazine. Ali Asghar Amirani: born 1916 and executed June 21, 1981. The Khandaniha foundation consists of the Khandaniha publications, Khandaniha magazine, Khandaniha news, and Khandaniha press.