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Tag : dual nationals imprisoned in Iran

August 21, 2019

British Council Employee’s 10-year Prison Sentence Upheld Without a Hearing

The 10-year prison sentence issued against British Council employee Aras Amiri was upheld on August 18, 2019, without a hearing, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. “In order to expedite cases, [Judiciary Chief] ...

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 Lawyer, Only Met Appointed Lawyer Once Calls on Chief Justice to Investigate “Unlawful ...

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 University of Leuven in Belgium was arrested on “security charges,” a senior Iranian official ...

February 12, 2019

US Resident Imprisoned in Iran Nizar Zakka Refused to Make False “Confession” on Film

Lebanese-born US resident Nizar Zakka refused to make false statements while being filmed in Evin Prison in Tehran where he has been imprisoned since 2017, the Center for Human Rights ...

January 18, 2019

Satirist Keyomars Marzban to Be Tried in Iran Under Hardline Judge Salavati

Iranian satirist Keyomars Marzban, who has been detained in Iran since August 2018, is due to face trial for the charges of “propaganda against the state” and “insulting the sacred” ...

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 in Iran since  January 2016, is the latest in a long line of prisoners who ...

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

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 have been arrested in Iran, according to state media outlets. The main reports about the arrests, ...

October 4, 2018

Fact Sheets and Infographics on Human Rights in Iran

These fact sheets and infographics have been produced by the Center for Human Rights in Iran on issues including deaths of political prisoners in state custody, disability rights in Iran and a general overview of the human ...

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