Fereshteh Ghazi is an Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian journalist and human rights activist.

In 2004 she worked for the newspaper Etemad. She is well known for the coverage of Zahra Kazemi

Zahra Kazemi

Zahra "Ziba" Kazemi-Ahmadabadi ‎ was an Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer, residing in Montreal, Canada, who died in the custody of Iranian officials following her arrest....

's murder in Evin prison

Evin Prison

Evin House of Detention is a prison in Iran, located in Evin, northwestern Tehran. It is noted for its political prisoners' wing, where prisoners have been held both before and after the 1979 Iranian Revolution...

. She was herself arrested and imprisoned on two occasions in 2004 During her imprisonment she shared a cell with Shahla Jahed

Shahla Jahed

Shahla Jahed was an Iranian woman who was sentenced to death in June 2004 for murdering Laleh Saharkhizan, the wife of her boyfriend on October 9, 2002. Jahed had been living with Iranian footballer Nasser Mohammadkhani becoming his mistress in a temporary marriage which is allowed under Iranian...

. Upon her release, Ghazi was taken directly to a hospital for treatment due to her poor physical and mental condition.

Ghazi is married to Ahmad Begloo, who is a musician.