Jila Baniyaghoob

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jila Baniyaghoob
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Aug 21, 1970(1970-08-21)
Age	54
Birthplace	Bandar-e Anzali
Country	Iran
Horoscope	Leo

Jila Baniyaghoob Biography

Jila Baniyaghoob is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on August 21, 1970 in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran. Baniyaghoob was born the 21st of August 1970 in Iran. When she was a small child in Iran Baniyaghoob was exposed to the political climate when she was a young. She was in the midst of the chaos of politics and political influence throughout her life, however the year 1979 was that Jila Baniyaghoob was a journalist. She was just 11 at the time she published and wrote a short story on kids and the poverty of a leading daily newspaper named Kayhan. As a child the majority of their teachers encouraged her talents in writing. They were also politically active against the conservatives who took over the country of Iran Some of them were detained and reprimanded for their political beliefs. Baniyaghoob was able to see of the political climate at a young age, and she utilized it as a base to pursue a career in reporting on politics and the economic causes of discrimination against women.

Since the month of June, 2009 Iran was the scene of massive protests after a controversial election in which the president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected a third time with allegations of fraud in the voting process. On the 20th of June, Baniyaghoob and her husband were detained at their residence by plainclothes policemen, as part of a broader police crackdown on journalists. Amou’i was imprisoned in the same year, on charges of “gathering and colluding with intent to harm national security”, “spreading propaganda against the system”, “disrupting public security” and “insulting the president”. In 2010 Baniyaghoob was found guilty and tried on charges of “spreading propaganda against the system” and “insulting the president”. The court barred journalists for 30 years, and sentenced her to one period of imprisonment for one year.

Baniyaghoob began her career as a journalist while working for the daily newspaper Hamshahri while attending college at Allameh Tabatabayi University. Baniyaghoob has worked for many publications since college such as Sarmayeh newspaper, and now as editor-in-chief of the website Kanoon Zanan Irani where contributors inside and outside of Iran provide news about women’s issues. Her site has been repeatedly filtered by the Iranian government. Baniyaghoob is known for being a freelance Iranian reporter, author, and activist who focuses her reporting on how government and social oppression affect women. As a journalist, Baniyaghoob has faced numerous ramifications and has been arrested, beaten and imprisoned on numerous occasions for her reporting. While working for the Sarmayeh newspaper, Baniyaghoob started a column on women’s economy, which featured interviews with experts on the gender issues of economics. The column was canceled in 2008 by the paper’s management. Baniyaghoob traveled throughout the Middle East, including Afghanistan, Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria from 2001-2002. She has written about women and refugees she encountered on her trip, covering issues of social and legal discrimination. Baniyaghoob was arrested in June 2006, when security forces attacked a peaceful gathering of women’s rights activists in front of the University of Tehran, where she was covering the event for Sarmayeh. She was also arrested in March of 2007 while covering those who opposed the Islamic Revolutionary Court’s trial of women’s rights activists. She was imprisoned in a wing of Tehran’s Elvin prison where she was blindfolded and subjected to numerous interrogations by the Iranian Intelligence Ministry who operate the prison. She was later sent to prison in September 2008 after being found guilty of “disruption of public order, failure to obey police orders and propagandizing against the Islamic regime. Most recently she was arrested in June 2009 while covering the post-election protests in Iran and was later released in August. In 2010, Iran sentenced Baniyaghoob to jail for one year and banned her from writing for over 30 years over post-election unrest.

In 2009 in 2009, the International Women’s Media Foundation awarded Baniyaghoob the Courage In Journalism prize, noting that she had “fearlessly reported on government and social oppression, particularly as they affect women”. In the following year she was awarded the Freedom of Speech Award of Reporters Without Borders.

Jila Baniyaghoob Net Worth

Jila Baniyaghoob is one of the richest Journalist from Iran. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jila Baniyaghoob 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jila Baniyaghoob (or Zhila Bani Yaqub Persian Jyl Bn the yqwb, born 21 August, 1970) is an Iranian journalist and rights for women activist. She is the editor in chief for the site Kanoon Zanan Irani (“Focus on Iranian Women”). Baniyaghoob has a husband, a fellow journalist named Bahman Amou’i, who is the editor of Sarmayeh the business paper.

Then, in 2008 she was detained the third time for organizing a women’s protest and was charged with “disruption of public order, failure to obey police orders and propagandizing against the Islamic regime”.

On 2 September 2012, she was summoned to Evin Prison to begin the sentence. Amnesty International designated her a prisoner of conscience, “held solely for peacefully exercising her rights to freedom of expression”, and called for her to be released and allowed to resume her profession.

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Who is Jila Baniyaghoob Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Jila Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Iran. Jila Baniyaghoob celebrates birthday on August 21 of every year.

Top Facts about Jila Baniyaghoob

1. Jila Baniyaghoob is an award-winning Iranian journalist.
2. She has been imprisoned multiple times for her work.
3. Baniyaghoob co-founded the feminist website, “Kanoon Zanan Irani” (Iranian Women’s Center).
4. She won the International Women’s Media Foundation Courage in Journalism Award in 2009.
5. Baniyaghoob was banned from leaving Iran in 2010.
6. Her husband, Bahman Ahmadi Amouee, is also a journalist and was imprisoned with her.
7. She has written extensively on women’s rights and political issues in Iran.
8. In 2011, she received the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
9. Baniyaghoob currently lives outside of Iran due to safety concerns.
10. Her journalism has been praised for its bravery and commitment to human rights advocacy.