18 Facts About Jila Baniyaghoob

Jila Baniyaghoob is an Iranian journalist and women's rights activist.

Jila Baniyaghoob is the editor-in-chief of the website Kanoon Zanan Irani.

Jila Baniyaghoob was surrounded by chaos and political influence for most of her childhood, but it wasn't until 1979, when Jila Baniyaghoob became a journalist.

Jila Baniyaghoob was 11 years old at the time when she wrote and published a short story about children and poverty in a major daily newspaper called Kayhan.

Jila Baniyaghoob began her career as a journalist while working for the daily newspaper Hamshahri while attending college at Allameh Tabatabayi University.

Jila Baniyaghoob's site has been repeatedly filtered by the Iranian government.

Jila Baniyaghoob is known for being a freelance Iranian reporter, author, and activist who focuses her reporting on how government and social oppression affect women.

Jila Baniyaghoob has written about women and refugees she encountered on her trip, covering issues of social and legal discrimination.

Jila Baniyaghoob was arrested in June 2006, when security forces attacked a peaceful gathering of women's rights activists in front of the University of Tehran, where she was covering the event for Sarmayeh.

Jila Baniyaghoob was arrested in March 2007 while covering those who opposed the Islamic Revolutionary Court's trial of women's rights activists.

Jila Baniyaghoob was imprisoned in a wing of Tehran's Elvin prison where she was blindfolded and subjected to numerous interrogations by the Iranian Intelligence Ministry who operate the prison.

Jila Baniyaghoob is a founding member of the One Million Signatures Campaign for Equality, which aims to change the discriminatory laws against women in Iran.

Jila Baniyaghoob published a second book, Women of Evin: Ward 209, which is based on her firsthand observations of women prisoners in Evin Prison in Tehran and will be published outside of Iran.

In 2010, Jila Baniyaghoob was tried and convicted for "spreading propaganda against the system" and "insulting the president".

Jila Baniyaghoob is known for her fearless reporting on the oppression of women and the government.

Jila Baniyaghoob refuses to censor her work and as a result, she has been fired from some media outlets.

Jila Baniyaghoob continues to travel through the Middle East to report on the lives of women and refugees.

Jila Baniyaghoob's reporting continues to make her a target of the Iranian government.