many international human rights groups, including Amnesty International, International PEN and Reporters Without Borders. Prison Serving a period of six months, two of which he spent in alleged solitary confinement, Massoud Behnoud was released on temporary bail of approximately US$40,000. On 1 June 2002, while Behnoud was engaged in a European lecture tour, the Iranian judiciary announced that an order for his arrest had once again been issued. On base of this order he had to come back to Iran to serve the remainder of his 16 months term in prison, but he refused to go back. Bibliography Masoud Behnoud has written six books on the contemporary history of Iran. Kaveh Golestan: Recording the Truth in Iran, by Masoud Behnoud, Hengameh Golestan and Malu Halasa, 2007 Khanoum by Masoud Behnoud and Sara Phillips, 2008 Robin Hood of the Desert, by Masoud Behnoud and Pooya Yazdani, 2011 See also Intellectual movements in Iran Mehdi Jami Ahmad Zeidabadi Alireza Nourizadeh References External links Massoud Behnoud's Weblog (in Persian) Massoud Behnoud's Website (in English) RSF Alert on Behnoud's Arrest - IFEX Website biography Iranian journalists Iranian bloggers Iranian emigrants to the United Kingdom People from Tehran 1946 births Living people Iranian Iranologists Iranian magazine founders