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Tag : Dual National

October 2, 2019

Imprisoned Iranian-British Dual National Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Pleas for Release in New Letter

Unjustly Jailed Mother Relays Torment of Separation from Her 5-Year-Old Daughter Iranian-British dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has made an impassioned plea for ...

September 17, 2019

Detained Iranian-British Anthropologist Says Charges Based on Government-Approved Research

Kameel Ahmady Was Held in Solitary Confinement for Nearly a Month, Detention Order Extended Held in solitary confinement since being arrested in Tehran on ...

September 16, 2019

Australian Academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert Isolated for Months in IRGC-Controlled High-Security Ward

Iran Has Detained at Least Three Australians in the Last Year September 16, 2019 – Australian academic Kylie Gilbert-Moore has been held for almost a year in Ward 2-A of Tehran’s Evin Prison, controlled by ...

August 29, 2019

No Family Visits or Lawyer Allowed for Detained Anthropologist Kameel Ahmady Two Weeks Into Detention

Wife’s Requests for Charges and Medical Examination Go Unanswered After more than two weeks in detention, Iranian-British social anthropologist Kameel Ahmady has ...

August 14, 2019

Detained Anthropologist Kameel Ahmady Worked Independently and Transparently, Says Wife

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July 19, 2019

Richard Ratcliffe: IRGC is Holding My Wife “Incommunicado” in a Psychiatric Ward

 Iranian Law Guarantees Prisoners Weekly Visits The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have been denying Imprisoned Iranian-British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe all contact with the outside world since she was transferred to the ...

July 17, 2019

Jailed British Council Employee Says She Rejected “Explicit Invitation” to Spy for Iran

Aras Amiri is Serving a 10-Year Prison Sentence  Says She Was Imprisoned for Association with British Council Was Not Allowed to Use Chosen ...

July 16, 2019

France Says Iran Hasn’t Given “Satisfactory” Response to Questions About Detained Dual National

Iranian-born French scholar Fariba Adelkhah has been detained in Iran since June 2019. Fariba Adelkhah Among at Least Eight Other Jailed Iranians With Foreign Residencies While confirming reports that ...

June 18, 2019

Richard Ratcliffe Takes Hunger Strike for Wife’s Freedom to Iran’s Doorstep in London

Dual National Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Has Been Eligible for Release Since 2017 June 18, 2019 – On day four of Richard Ratcliffe’s hunger strike outside the Iranian embassy in London, embassy staff noisily repositioned the metal ...

May 8, 2019

UN Urges Iran to Release Imprisoned American Scholar Xiyue Wang

  Xiyue Wang (left) poses for a photo with his son and wife. ...

March 20, 2019

A Message of Hope to Mark Nowruz, the Persian New Year

Spring is in the air and for millions of people around the world including Iran, it marks the beginning of a new year. The ancient ...

March 6, 2019

Iranian Belgian Academic Arrested in Iran on Unspecified “Security Charges”

A dual national academic who has taught at the University of Tehran and the Catholic ...

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. ...

February 8, 2019

“Ten Years is Enough:” Mother of Canadian Resident Imprisoned in Iran Seeks Pardon

The mother of Saeed Malekpour, a Canadian resident imprisoned in Iran since 2008, ...

February 8, 2019

Family of Late Conservationist Kavous Seyed-Emami Petitions Iran to Respond to State TV Smears

Widow Remains Barred From Leaving Country Despite Expired Travel Ban One year after his father’s suspicious death in Tehran’s Evin Prison, ...

January 15, 2019

UK Foreign Secretary: Iran’s Treatment of Zaghari-Ratcliffe “Breach of Human Rights”

Jeremy Hunt Summons Ambassador to Tehran Following Revelations Iran Pressured Dual National to Spy UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt ...

December 20, 2018

Dual National Imprisoned in Iran, Kamran Ghaderi, Struggling to Access Medical Treatment for Untreated Tumor

“He’s Just a Businessman Who Has Done Nothing Wrong” Kamran Ghaderi, an Iranian-Austrian dual national imprisoned ...

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 ...

December 3, 2018

IRGC-Affiliated Media Report Dual National Among Group of Researchers Arrested in Iran

An unknown number of university academics, including a dual national, who allegedly researched state population policies ...

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 ...

September 24, 2018

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Health Condition Has “Gotten Worse” in Iran’s Evin Prison

The health of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has severely declined since she was forcibly returned to Evin Prison in Iran after ...

August 30, 2018

Zaghari-Ratcliffe Told Furlough Would be Extended Before Being Sent Back to Prison

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July 25, 2018

Judge Tells Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe That She’ll Remain Imprisoned Until UK Pays Debt to Iran

A judge in Tehran has admitted that Iranian British dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe will not be released from prison until Iran receives payment for an ...

July 24, 2018

Iranian American and US Permanent Resident Released on Bail From Iran’s Evin Prison

Karan Vafadari and Afarin Neyssari Awaiting Appeal in Tehran Two years after being sentenced to long prison sentences without due process ...

May 24, 2018

Hardline Judge Orders Zaghari-Ratcliffe to Hire Different Lawyer After Issuing New Charge

Imprisoned Dual National Allowed to Speak to UK Ambassador for First Time After being told she is facing the charge of “propaganda against the ...

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