Maziar Bahari

Journalist and Concordia alumnus Maziar Bahari recently appeared on CBC radio’s Q with Jian Ghomeshi. In 2009, while covering Iran’s presidential election in 2009, Bahari was falsely accused of being a spy and was imprisoned by the Iranian government. Bahari wrote Then They Came For Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity and Survival  about these experiences which is now being turned into a film directed by Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show: The Toronto Star, CTV, TB Newswatch, CHBC News, CTV News, Global News, Global Toronto, Global Edmonton, Global Saskatoon, Global BC, Global Winnipeg, Global Regina, Global Lethbridge, Global Maritimes, CHBC News,Cape Breton Post, 660 News, Calgary Herald and The Guardian (UK).