September 27, 2023

Freeing Hostages is Good, Preventing Further Abductions by Iran Would Be Better

September 27, 2023 — The release of the five American hostages held in the Islamic Republic of Iran is a welcome development. The ...

February 8, 2022

Another Foreign Citizen Nabbed by Iran Now Faces Possible Execution

Political Dissident Jamshid Sharmahd Is Unable to Defend Himself in Iranian Judicial System World Must Speak Out against Iran’s Abductions and Attacks on Dissidents ...

January 25, 2022

Hostage Benjamin Briere’s “Price” Raised as Judge Imposes Eight-Year Prison Term

Iran “Toying” with Foreign and Dual Nationals Amid Nuclear Talks to Extract Concessions Lawyer: Briere's Arbitrarily Increased Sentence is “Unlawful” January 25, 2022 – The manner ...

January 22, 2022

New Interrogations at Iran’s Airports, Jailing of Dual Citizens Challenge Officials’ Calls for Expatriates to Return

Reports of security agents at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport singling out travelers returning from European destinations to collect “financial and personal” ...

December 23, 2020

Abducted German-Iranian Denied Choice of Attorney, Whereabouts Still Unknown

Jamshid Sharmahd Assigned Lawyer Who “Defended” Executed Dissident Ruhollah Zam The exact whereabouts of Jamshid Sharmahd, the German-Iranian dissident who was arrested ...

July 28, 2020

Australian Kylie Moore-Gilbert Moved to Notoriously Inhumane Prison in Iran as “Punishment”

Scholar Held at Gharchak Prison Alongside Violent Criminals July 28, 2020—The Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who has been imprisoned in Iran on spurious ...

May 18, 2020

French Academic Fariba Adelkhah Sentenced to Six Years Imprisonment in Iran

Nearly one year after she was detained in Tehran, Iranian-born French anthropologist Fariba Adelkhah was sentenced to a total of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

September 28, 2018

Rouhani Falsely Claims Iran’s Imprisoned Dual Nationals Have Been Treated Fairly

Two months after a judge in Iran told imprisoned Iranian British dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe that ...

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 ...

May 24, 2018

Who Are the Dual and Foreign Nationals Imprisoned in Iran? (Updated)

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 country) as of July 2022 ...

May 16, 2018

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Case Re-Opened Ahead of UK Foreign Secretary’s Meeting With Iranian Officials

The Mother of a Toddler Has Been Serving a Five-Year Prison Sentence Since 2016 Already serving a five-year prison sentence...

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 ...

April 25, 2018

Iran Detains Another Iranian British Citizen, Computer Scientist and Antiwar Activist Abbas Edalat

Abbas Edalat (Imperial College of London) April 25, 2018—Abbas Edalat, an Iranian British academic ...

April 12, 2018

Swedish Resident Who Tried to March Through Iran With Monarchist Flag Facing National Security Charges

On March 21, 2017, Kamran Ghaderi, an Iranian-born resident of Sweden, began walking from Stockholm...

February 24, 2018

Iranian MP Condemns State TV’s Unsubstantiated Accusations Against Iranian-Canadian Who Died in Prison

A member of Iran’s Parliament has sharply condemned the country’s state-funded radio and TV broadcaster for airing a film...

February 13, 2018

MP: “More Details Necessary” To Determine Cause of Iranian-Canadian’s Death in Custody

Tehran Prosecutor Claims Autopsy Conducted But Still No Medical Examiner’s Report Iran’s deputy parliamentary speaker has stated that, based on a video produced by the Islamic ...

February 9, 2018