Laura Secor is an American journalist whose work has focused on Iranian politics and Iran–United States relations. She has written about personal stories, such as the experience of poet Asieh Amini, and has also written a book, Children of Paradise: The Struggle for the Soul of Iran.[" War of Words: A woman's battle to end stoning and juvenile execution in Iran", The New Yorker, Annals of Activism, 4 January 2016][ Children of Paradise: The Struggle for the Soul of Iran, speech about her book for the Baker Institute on 28 March 2016]
Education and career
Secor earned a B.A. in philosophy at
Brown University before beginning to cover Iran. After visiting Iran in 2004 she was struck by the vocal dissent there of the people against their government. She began to write about the reform movement there and individuals struggling for change. She also writes about the Iranian diaspora in the US and has documented the case of
Sirous Asgari.
[ The Man Who Refused to Spy, The New Yorker, A Reporter at Large, 21 September 2020]
Bibliography
Books
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Children of Paradise: the struggle for the soul of Iran
Essays and reporting
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[About Sirous Asgari. Online version is titled "The man who refused to spy".]
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