Nazy Kaviani

Those of you who have joined us during the chat guest hours know by now how exciting it has been to meet our guests and each other for an hour of talk online. I would like to invite you to a new hour of chat with another knowledgeable Iranian. Our chat guest today is journalist Omid Memarian. From his vibrant and courageous editorials in the reformist era newspapers in Iran, to his current analysis and reports on Iran and particularly on human rights and prisoners of conscience in Iran, Omid Memarian has been a reliable source on a wide range of issues related to Iran.

Omid Memarian is a journalist and blogger known for his news analysis, regular columns, and blogs. He writes for IPS (Inter Press Service) news agency and Rooz Online, and has published op-ed pieces in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The San Francisco Chronicle. Omid regularly writes on Huffington Post.  He was chief researcher for Reese Erlich’s book entitled Iran Agenda: the Real Story of U.S. Policy and The Middle East Crisis. A World Peace Fellow at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism in 2007-2009, Omid just graduated from Berkeley.  Omid Memarian received the Human Rights Watch's highest honor in 2005, the "Human Rights Defender Award."

Please join us at 6:00 p.m. PST today for a chat with Omid Memarian.