Ayandeh (polling organisation)

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]

References[edit]

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

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[1] Alert. Journalist Abdollah Nouri released but another journalist arrested ^{[permanent dead link]}

[ifex2004_abdi-2] "Eleven jailed journalists start new year in harsh prison conditions". 13 January 2004.

[bbc_poll_crackdown2002-3] "Leading Iranian reformist 'arrested'". 4 November 2002.

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