Amiri Was Forced to Choose Lawyer from Court-Issued List The UK-based British Council employee Aras Amiri was jailed in Iran for refusing to spy for the country’s Intelligence Ministry, her… ...
April 24, 2019 – Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s statement today that he has the “authority” to exchange Iranian-Americans imprisoned in Iran with the US is a glaring admission that these… ...
Ahmadreza Djalali, a Swedish citizen of Iranian birth imprisoned in Iran under trumped-up charges, requires urgent medical care. Join Scholars At Risk and the Center for Human Rights in Iran… ...
A dual national academic who has taught at the University of Tehran and the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium was arrested on “security charges,” a senior Iranian official revealed… ...
Ahmadreza Djalali and wife Vida Mehrannia with their child. Imprisoned dual national scientist Ahmadreza Djalali was prevented from leaving Evin Prison in Tehran for a scheduled medical appointment with a… ...
Prisoner of conscience Alireza Tavakoli, currently imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison for his social media postings, is hunger striking to be “transferred and treated at a medical center for chickenpox,”… ...
Will Take “Other Steps” if Authorities Continue to “Endanger” Their Health Political prisoners Narges Mohammadi and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe have written an open letter warning that they will go on hunger… ...
In an open letter published December 9, 2018, 121 Nobel Laureates have called on Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to ensure that ailing Iranian Swedish dual national Ahmadreza Djalali, a… ...
At Least Four Academics and One Scientist With Foreign Ties Detained in Iran Since 2016 *Editor’s Note: This article was corrected on December 6, 2018, to reflect that Mohammad Jalal… ...
The following open letter was written and signed by six families of dual and foreign nationals who have been imprisoned in Iran. December 3, 2018 An Open Letter to World… ...
Xiyue Wang (right) with his son and wife. A group of 120 academics and human rights activists of Iranian origin have called on Iran to free imprisoned American scholar Xiyue… ...
July 12, 2018–During a speech in March 2018, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed that no one in Iran is imprisoned for their thoughts, expressions, or personal choices. That’s not… ...
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At least 21 (15 dual nationals, five foreign nationals and one foreign permanent resident) were known to be held in Iran (imprisoned, under house arrest, or prohibited from leaving the… ...
A photo of imprisoned Swedish resident and scientist Ahmadreza Djalali in which he appears thin and haggard has raised concerns for the health and medical condition of the Iranian-born death… ...
The wife of a Swedish resident imprisoned in Tehran has revealed the way her husband, Ahmadreza Djalali, was coerced into making potentially incriminating statements before he was sentenced to death… ...
Branch 33 of the Supreme Court in Iran is reviewing the death sentence issued to Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-born academic and Swedish resident accused of “espionage” charges. The judge has… ...
The wife of an Iranian-born Swedish resident sentenced to death in Iran on espionage charges has denied new allegations that her husband spied for the Israeli secret service, Mossad. “My… ...
A screenshot of a clip of Ahmadreza Djalali’s so-called “confession” on Iran’s state-run IRIB state TV. Iranian state TV aired a forced confession by Ahmadreza Djalali because he wrote in… ...
…the death sentence against an Iranian academic, saying they are deeply “disturbed” by ongoing reports of due process failings during his trial. Doctor Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian national and resident… ...
A scene from Ahmadreza Djalali‘s forced confession that was aired on Iran’s state-run IRIB news channel on December 17, 2017. Islamic Republic Has Long History of Forcing False Confessions in… ...
…sentence issued against Iranian-born Swedish resident Ahmadreza Djalali, who has been imprisoned in Tehran since April 2016 after being arrested by the Intelligence Ministry. Djalali’s wife, Vida Mehran-nia, told the… ...
In a letter addressing Iran’s ambassador to the UN, 175 Nobel laureates have called on the country’s authorities to release Iranian-born Swedish resident Ahmadreza Djalali, who says he has been… ...
EU Parliamentary Delegation Going to Iran Should Use Its Leverage to Engage Iran on Human Rights November 14, 2017—European governments’ blithe disregard for mounting human rights violations in Iran ever… ...
Ahmadreza Djalali poses for a picture with his wife, Vida Mehran-nia. Ahmadreza Djajali, an Iranian-born Swedish resident who was sentenced to death by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran in October… ...
