Fariborz Raisdana, economist
Fariborz Raisdana –an Iranian economist, socialist, activist, professor, and a member of the Iranian Writers' Association – succumbed to Covid-19 on 16 March 2020.
Raisdana graduated from The London School of Economics. He was the author of numerous articles and books, including Applied Development Economics; Money and Inflation; Political Economy of Development, and Globalization.
Raisdana was arrested on March 21, 2012 in Tehran after criticizing the Iranian subsidy reform plan in an interview with BBC Persian and given a one-year sentence at Evin Prison, for a series of charges including "membership in the Writer's Association, preparing seditious announcements against the regime, giving interviews to BBC and VOA, and accusing the...