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Life of Iranian Physicist Omid Kokabee in Danger
The life of Iranian physicist and political prisoner Omid Kokabee, who recently had surgery to remove a cancerous kidney, will be put in...
Ebby Abramson
May 19, 20163 min read


Iran's Denial of Adequate Medical Treatment to Political Prisoners Unacceptable
Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and a group* of UN human rights...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 27, 20162 min read


Family of Jailed Iranian Physicist Omid Kokabee Ask for His Release due to Cancer
Iranian physicist Omid Kokabee, who has been imprisoned in Tehran since 2011, is suffering from life-threatening kidney cancer, the...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 18, 20162 min read


BIHE Professor Faran Hesami Released After Four-Year Sentence
Faran Hesami, one of the imprisoned teachers from the Bahai Open University (BIHE), was released from Evin Prison in Tehran today at the...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 15, 20161 min read


Elderly Professor's Six-Year Jail Term Upheld
Hossein Rafiee, a retired university professor, has had his six-year prison sentence, which was imposed for his peaceful political...
Ebby Abramson
Mar 16, 20162 min read


Harsh Sentences for Iranian Student Activist Arash Sadeghi
An appeals court in Iran has upheld the 15-year prison sentence of student activist Arash Sadeghi for “collusion against national...
Ebby Abramson
Mar 8, 20163 min read

Jason Rezaian Reunites with Family
After more than 18 months, Jason Rezaian was released from an Iranian prison as the result of a deal struck between the US and Iran. “I...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 18, 20161 min read


Jason Rezaian Leaves Iran After Prisoner Swap
Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian and two other Americans safely left Iran as part of a prisoner-swap. They landed in Germany...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 17, 20161 min read


Iran Releases Washington Post Journalist Jason Rezaian
Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post journalist imprisoned in Iran for more than a year, has been released along with three other...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 16, 20163 min read

Open Letter in Support of Jason Rezaian
Noam Chomsky, Jerome A. Cohen, Juan Cole,Simon Critchley, and Wendy Doniger, et al.* To the Iranian authorities: We, the undersigned, are...
Ebby Abramson
Dec 3, 20152 min read
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