Ayandeh_(polling_organisation)

Ayandeh (polling organisation)

Ayandeh (polling organisation)

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Ayandeh (in Persian:آینده) is an opinion poll organisation in Iran that was closed down in 2002.

One of Ayandeh's directors, Abbas Abdi, was arrested in at his home on 4 November 2002, accused of "having received money from either the US polling firm Gallup or a foreign embassy".[1] Abdi spent several years in prison as a result.[2] The BBC claimed that this was part of "a crackdown by the hard-line judiciary on organisations conducting public opinion polls" at the time.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Alert. Journalist Abdollah Nouri released but another journalist arrested [permanent dead link]
  2. [2]
    "Eleven jailed journalists start new year in harsh prison conditions". 13 January 2004.
  3. [3]
    "Leading Iranian reformist 'arrested'". 4 November 2002.
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