Akbar Ganji to Speak on Iran's Theocratic Regime at National Press Club Newsmaker Press Conference

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Apr 23, 2010, 11:00 ET

WASHINGTON, April 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Akbar Ganji, an Iranian writer and journalist, who spent 6 years in a Tehran prison for advocating a secular democracy and exposing government involvement in the assassination of individuals who opposed Iran's theocratic regime, will talk about his experience at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference, at 11:00 AM on Monday, May 10 in the BOC, Suite 480 on the 4th Floor, the National Press Building, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, DC.

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Ganji is the recipient of Cato's $500,000 Milton Friedman Prize being awarded on May 13th in Washington DC.

SOURCE National Press Club