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Political Prisoner Released After Six Years
Iranian authorities have released Hamid Babaei, 36, a PhD student at the University of Liege in Belgium, who was detained in August 2013...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 14, 20192 min read


Letter of Appeal on Behalf of Kylie Moore-Gilbert Sentenced to Ten Years in Iran Prison
On September 16, 2019 Endangered Scholars Worldwide transmitted a letter of appeal to the Iranian Government and the The European...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 17, 20191 min read


Kameel Ahmady—British-Iranian Anthropologist Arrested in Iran
On August 14, 2019, the wife of British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady confirmed that her husband had been arrested on August 11...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 16, 20193 min read


Fariba Adelkhah: French-Iranian Academic ‘Arrested in Iran’
On July 16, 2019, Iran's Judiciary has confirmed the arrest of French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, who has become the latest dual...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 17, 20193 min read


Iranian Student Prisoner Parisa Rafiee Reveals Female Political Prisoners’ Suffering
On May 9, 2019, Iranian student activist Parisa Rafiee, who is serving a seven-year sentence in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, published...
Ebby Abramson
May 17, 20195 min read


Hamid Babaei
In Brief Status: Released In October 2019, Iranian authorities have released Hamid Babaei, 36, a PhD student at the University of Liege...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 25, 20192 min read

Ahmadreza Djalali Languishing in Iranian Prison—124 Nobel Laureates Call for His Release
It has been over 30 months since Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-Swedish citizen and a scholar of disaster medicine was arrested in Iran....
Ebby Abramson
Jan 13, 20192 min read

Another Baha’i Student Barred from Advancing Studies
In the latest wave of oppression against Baha’i students in Iran, Anahita Horr, an undergraduate at the School of Architecture at Rasam...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 9, 20183 min read


Letter of Appeal on Behalf of XiYue Wang Imprisoned Graduate Student in Iran
On September 12, 2018 Endangered Scholars Worldwide transmitted a letter of appeal to the Iranian Government and the US Department of...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 12, 20181 min read


Tehran University Student Activist Sentenced to Seven Years
On September 5, 2018 Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that a University of Tehran photography student was sentenced to seven years...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 5, 20182 min read


Iranian Academics Call for Suspension of Student Protest Cases
According to a report published by BBC Persian on July 22, 2018, some 120 academics from universities across Iran issued an open letter...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 24, 20182 min read


Rally set for May 11 to Support Princeton University Graduate Student Imprisoned in Iran
Supporters of Xiyue Wang, the Princeton University graduate student who has been imprisoned in Iran for almost two years, will hold a...
Ebby Abramson
May 7, 20182 min read


British-Iranian Professor Abbas Edalat Arrested in Iran
Abbas Edalat, a British-Iranian professor at the Imperial College of London, has been arrested by security forces in Tehran, according to...
Ebby Abramson
May 1, 20182 min read


The University of Copenhagen Supports Death-Sentenced Scientist
The rector of the University of Copenhagen has signed a letter expressing concern over the death sentence issued against Ahmadreza...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 8, 20182 min read


Academic Kavous Seyed Emami "Killed himself" in Iran Jail
Kavous Seyed Emami, a 63-year-old Iranian-Canadian environmental activist, died in prison in Tehran. Authorities claim Emami committed...
Ebby Abramson
Feb 12, 20181 min read


Urgent—Djalali’s Execution in Iran "Could Happen Any Time"
Iran’s Supreme Court has rejected a request to review the death sentence given to Ahmadreza Djalali, a university professor accused of...
Ebby Abramson
Feb 6, 20182 min read


90 Students Arrested in Iran as Protests Continue
According to BBC Persian, the number of students detained has risen to 90 as protests continue in Iran. At least fourteen were arrested...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 5, 20182 min read


UN Human Rights Experts Call on Iran to Annul Death Sentence Against Ahmadreza Djalali
On December 20, 2017, four UN human rights experts called on Iran to “immediately” annul the death sentence against Ahmadreza Djalali, an...
Ebby Abramson
Dec 24, 20173 min read

Iranian TV Broadcasts Purported Confession of Iranian-Swedish Academic Sentenced to Death
Iranian state TV has aired what it calls a confession by Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-Swedish academic who has been sentenced to death...
Ebby Abramson
Dec 17, 20173 min read


PETITION TO IRAN TO OVERTURN PROFESSOR AHMADREZA DJALALI’S DEATH SENTENCE
We, the undersigned, are compelled to express our outrage at the arrest, conviction, and sentencing of Iranian professor Ahmadreza...
Ebby Abramson
Dec 13, 20172 min read
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