Roger Cooper (British businessman)

Roger Cooper is a British businessman. He was imprisoned in Iran from 1985 to 1991 on espionage charges.

Roger Cooper
NationalityBritish
Occupationbusinessman
Known forimprisonment in Iran from 1985 to 1991

Cooper moved to Iran in 1958. He learned to speak fluent Persian and worked in various jobs there over the years.[1]

Iranian authorities arrested Cooper on 7 December 1985, allegedly for overstaying his visa. Subsequently, he was convicted of spying and received a sentence of ten years in prison and the death penalty.[1]

Cooper was jailed in Iran's Evin Prison. Iran released him on 2 April 1991 and he returned to England.[1]

Following his release, Cooper suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder. He returned to doing work as a freelance journalist and then transitioned to running a holiday business in Spain.[2]

Cooper wrote a memoir on his experiences in Iran titled Death Plus Ten Years, which was published by HarperCollins in 1993.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Iran Frees British Businessman Held Five Years on Spying Charges". AP. 2 April 1991.
  2. "What happened next?". The Observer. 20 September 2003.
  3. "BOOK REVIEW / Hooker, line and sinker: Shusha Guppy on Roger Cooper's fine, composed account of his Iranian jail sentence: Death plus ten years". The Independent. 3 July 1993.
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