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Tag : ahmadreza djalali

September 6, 2022

Families Appeal to EU’s Borrell to Prioritize Release of Hostages from Iran

As negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program continue to drag, the families of individuals unjustly detained in the Islamic Republic have appealed to EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell Fontelles to prioritize the release of the hostages. Citing the ...

July 5, 2022

400+ Iranian Human Rights Leaders Urge Belgium to Drop Prisoner Swap Treaty with Iran

Treaty Encourages Hostage-Taking, Would Return Convicted Terrorist to Iran July 5, 2022 – More than 400 leading Iranian human rights activists, dissidents and family members of victims of Iranian state repression and violence have called on ...

May 17, 2022

Protesters Killed While Iran’s Government Blocks Internet and Media Coverage

May 17, 2022 – At least five protesters are dead amid a violent state crackdown on street demonstrations in Iran, while the authorities have blocked internet access in protest hot zones, pressured domestic media not to cover the protests, ...

May 17, 2022

UN Urges Iran to Revoke Execution of Swedish Academic Ahmadreza Djalali

Ahmadreza Djalali, an expert in emergency disaster medicine, has been detained in ...

May 12, 2022

Iran Protesters at Risk of Lethal State Violence

International Community Must Call on Iranian Officials to Refrain from Deadly Repression May 12, 2022 – Ongoing street protests in Iran could lead to more killings and arbitrary imprisonments by state security forces if the international community remains silent, the Center ...

May 4, 2022

Iran’s Execution Threat Against Swedish Scientist Aimed at Thwarting War Crimes Trial

May 4, 2022 – The Iranian government’s threat to execute Swedish scientist Ahmadreza Djalali later this month is aimed at thwarting the trial in Sweden against Iranian official Hamid Nouri, who is ...

July 21, 2021

14 Academic, Rights Groups Call for Release of Iranian Swedish Scholar Ahmadreza Djalali

In a joint statement issued today, 14 international academic and human rights groups including Scholars at Risk and the Center for Human Rights in Iran called on the U.S. and European governments to secure the ...

December 2, 2020

Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Being Returned to Gharchak Prison

Iranian human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh has already previously served three years in prison for her defense of dissidents, activists, journalists and minorities in Iran after being convicted of national ...

November 25, 2020

Iran Must Not Execute Ahmadreza Djalali

Execution Reported to Be Imminent, Wife Has Received Farewell Call Swedish-Iranian Doctor Was Convicted on Spurious Charges After Unfair Trial November 25, 2020—The reported imminent execution of Ahmadreza Djalali, a Swedish-Iranian doctor and academic who was convicted ...

November 25, 2020

Top UN Experts: Iran Must Halt Execution of Ahmadreza Djalali

Execution of Swedish Doctor “would be a clear and serious violation” of law The UN issued a statement today calling for an immediate halt to the execution of Ahmadreza Djalali, which is reportedly imminent. The Swedish-Iranian medical scholar ...

April 17, 2020

UN Urges Iran to “Immediately Release” Political Prisoners and Dual, Foreign Nationals

April 17, 2020 - UN human rights experts today called on Iran to expand its temporary release of thousands of detainees to include prisoners of conscience and dual and foreign nationals who are still behind bars ...

August 6, 2019

Swedish-Iranian Scientist on Death Row Unexpectedly Moved to Undisclosed Location

Imprisoned Swedish-Iranian scientist Ahmadreza Djalali was transferred from Evin Prison’s Ward 7 to an undisclosed location on July 29, 2019, his wife, Vida Mehrannia, told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on August ...

July 10, 2019

UN Seriously Concerned Over Iran’s “Consistent Pattern” of Denying Prisoners Medical Treatment

UN Press Release, GENEVA (10 July 2019) – UN human rights experts today expressed serious concern that Iran continues to deny appropriate healthcare to detainees, despite repeated calls. “Over several months we have communicated to the Iranian ...

April 15, 2019

Save Iranian-Swedish Citizen and Scientist Ahmadreza Djalali

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 in calling for his release by signing this letter of appeal. ...

February 8, 2019

Swedish-Iranian Scientist Denied Medical Treatment for Demanding to be Transported With Dignity

Ahmadreza Djalali and wife Vida Mehrannia with their child. Imprisoned dual national scientist Ahmadreza Djalali was prevented from ...

December 10, 2018

121 Nobel Laureates Urge Khamenei to Free Imprisoned Dual National Ahmadreza Djalali

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 physician and scholar who specializes in disaster ...

December 4, 2018

Two Academics Who Held Australian Postings Detained, Summoned in Iran

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 Abbasi was summoned, not detained. One Iranian ...

December 3, 2018

Open Letter by Six Families of Dual and Foreign Nationals Imprisoned in Iran

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 ...

October 3, 2018

120 Academics and Activists Join UN in Calling on Iran to Free Princeton Scholar Xiyue Wang

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 11, 2018

Free Iran’s Political Prisoners

 July 12, 2018--During a speech in March 2018, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed that no one in Iran is ...

May 25, 2018

Ahmadreza Djalali: An Iranian Swedish Scientist Behind Bars in Iran

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May 3, 2018

Grim Photo of Swedish Resident Imprisoned in Iran Surfaces Amid Heightened Concerns For His Life

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 ...

February 9, 2018

Swedish Resident Facing Death in Iran Details How He Was Forced to Make False Statements   

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 ...

January 22, 2018

Death Sentence Against Swedish Resident Ahmadreza Djalali Under Review

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 ...

December 28, 2017

Ahmadreza Djalali’s Wife: My Husband Was “Framed” For Refusing to Spy for Iran

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 husband was asked ...

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