 Trained as a medical doctor, Arash Hejazi is an Iranian editor, novelist and journalist. He was an eyewitness to the shooting of Neda Agha Soltan, and tried to administer medical aid. He now lives in exile in Britain. |
 He is a columnist for Iran's state-run Kayhan newspaper. |
 A longtime Middle East correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor, he was in Tehran for the June 2009 presidential election and ensuing protests. |