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Tag : dual nationals in Iran

December 11, 2017

Supreme Court Upholds Swedish Resident Ahmadreza Djalali’s Death Sentence

Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence issued against Iranian-born Swedish resident Ahmadreza Djalali, who has been imprisoned in Tehran since April 2016 after being arrested by ...

December 4, 2017

VIDEO: Tell UK Officials to Put People Before Politics and Demand Iran Free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

 Iranian-British dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held captive in ...

November 14, 2017

Europe’s Silence on Human Rights in Iran Encourages Further Abuses

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 since the signing of the nuclear deal in ...

October 23, 2017

Iranian-Born Swedish Resident Sentenced to Death Based on Forced Confession

Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-born Swedish resident who has been imprisoned in Iran since April 2016, was sentenced to death for “moharebeh” (enmity with God) based on a forced confession, ...

October 18, 2017

Husband: Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Jobs and Britishness “Exaggerated” to Use Her as “Bargaining Chip”

Iranian judicial officials are misrepresenting Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s past jobs and her British citizenship to persuade the UK government to negotiate with the Iranian government for her release, her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, told ...

October 9, 2017

Imprisoned Iranian-British Citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Threatened With 16 More Years Behind Bars

Revolutionary Guards Bring New Charges Against Young Mother Who Was Eligible for Release in November 2017 October 9, 2017—Iranian-British dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, imprisoned in Iran since April 2016 on trumped up and unspecified national security charges, is now facing ...

October 4, 2017

Suffering From Severe Dental Problems, US Resident On “Enforced Hunger Strike” in Evin Prison

Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese-born US permanent resident imprisoned in Iran since September 2015, has been on hunger strike since September 29, 2017, due to severe and untreated dental problems, the Center for Human ...

September 28, 2017

Q&A: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Husband Speaks Out About Dual National’s Imprisonment in Iran

The husband of imprisoned Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe speaks to CHRI about her case and their lives since she was arrested by the Revolutionary Guards in April 2016. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe never imagined she would be ...

September 18, 2017

Free Iranian Dual National Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Iranian-British dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was sentenced to 5 YEARS in prison in Tehran in a secret trial without due process. This is her story....

August 29, 2017

Iran Upholds 10-Year Prison Sentences Against US Resident and Two Iranian-Americans

Iranian-American Businessman and His 81-Year-Old Father Remain Held on Unspecified Charges after Sham Prosecution That Lacked Due Process Iran’s Appeals Court has upheld a 10-year prison sentence against US resident Nizar ...

August 17, 2017

Richard Ratcliffe Turns to UN and UK to Secure Wife’s Release From Iran

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Diagnosed With Advanced Depression After exhausting all legal avenues in Iran to overturn the five-year prison sentence issued in a secret trial against his Iranian-British wife, Richard Ratcliffe is taking her case to the United ...

August 4, 2017

Year-Long Legal Limbo of Swedish Resident Imprisoned in Iran Continues After Judge Calls in Sick

Swedish Embassy Staffers Waited in Courthouse The long-awaited trial of Iranian-born Swedish permanent resident Ahmadreza Djalali, imprisoned in Iran on unspecified charges since April 2016, was cancelled while Djalali and two staffers of the Swedish embassy ...

August 1, 2017

Family, US Congress Convince Imprisoned US Permanent Resident to End Hunger Strike in Iran

Nizar Zakka “Under Intense Torture and Pressure” A Lebanese-born US permanent resident who was sentenced in September 2016 to 10 years imprisonment in Iran ended his hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin Prison on July 27, 2017 after ...

July 22, 2017

Political Prisoners Including Swedish Resident Hidden from Ambassadors During Evin Prison Visit

Iranian-born Swedish resident Ahmadreza Djalali and his wife, Vida Mehran-nia. Shortly before Iranian officials took the Swedish and other foreign ambassadors ...

July 17, 2017

Details of US Student’s 10-Year Sentence in Iran Reveal Yet Another Arbitrary Prosecution of a Western National

Xiyue Wang, a graduate student in history at Princeton University, has been sentenced to 10 ...

April 25, 2017

Dual National’s Husband Urges UK to Secure Her Release From Iran

Supreme Court Upholds Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Five-Year Prison Sentence The husband of Nazanin-Zaghari Ratcliffe, an Iranian-British citizen imprisoned in Iran since April 2016, is urging the British government to secure her release now ...

April 24, 2017

Swedish Resident Held in Evin Prison for One Year Denied Lawyer for Third Time

Ahmadreza Jalali, an Iranian-born Swedish resident detained in Evin Prison since April 2016, has been denied a lawyer of his choosing for the third time, an informed source told ...

February 6, 2017

Judge Salavati Threatens Iranian-Born Swedish Resident With Death Penalty On Day One of Trial

Iranian-born Swedish resident Ahmadreza Djalali, who has been detained in Tehran without due process since April 2016, was threatened with the death penalty on the first day of his trial ...

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