Urgent—Iran Upholds Death Sentenced for Professor Ahmadreza Djalali
Iran's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence against Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-Swedish academic convicted of espionage, as...
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Ebby Abramson
Nov 30, 20172 min read
Wife of Princeton Graduate Student Imprisoned in Iran Pleads for Help
American graduate student Xiyue Wang is “very desperate.” His wife, Qu Hua, told NBC News in a broadcast Tuesday that he attempted...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 23, 20173 min read
Urgent—Vrije Universiteit Brussel’s Professor Ahmadreza Djalali Sentenced to Death
A judge in Tehran has ordered the death penalty for Iranian disaster-medicine researcher Ahmadreza Djalali, according to his wife, Vida...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 25, 20172 min read
Vrije Universiteit Brussel’s Professor Ahmadreza Djalali to Go on Trial for Espionage
Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian disaster-medicine researcher who was sent to prison in April 2016, is due to go to trial on September 27 on...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 18, 20173 min read
"He’s Doing Poorly," Says Wife of Princeton Student Jailed in Iran
Iran’s imprisonment of Xiyue Wang, a naturalized United States citizen from China who is a PhD candidate in history at Princeton...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 24, 20172 min read
Vrije Universiteit Brussel’s Professor Ahmadreza Djalali Sentenced to Death in Iran
Ahmadreza Djalali, a professor who was arrested for suspected espionage in Iran, has been sentenced to death, his wife, Vida Mehran-Nia,...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 17, 20172 min read
Iran Sentences Princeton Graduate Student to 10 Years for Espionage
An Iranian court has sentenced an American graduate student to 10 years in prison for spying, the judiciary’s official news agency...
Ebby Abramson
Feb 4, 20172 min read
Vrije Universiteit Brussel’s Professor Ahmadreza Djalali Sentenced to Death in Iran
Ahmadreza Djalali, a professor who was arrested for suspected espionage in Iran, has been sentenced to death, his wife Vida Mehran-Nia...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 10, 20164 min read
Canadian-Iranian Professor Homa Hoodfar—I survived Imprisonment by Studying My Captors
Long after the interrogations at Iran’s notorious Evin prison had ceased for the day, Homa Hoodfar’s work would begin. While her...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 26, 20161 min read
Iranian-Canadian Professor Homa Hoodfar Released From Prison
Concordia University professor Homa Hoodfar, who has been detained in Tehran's Evin prison since June 6, 2016 has been released, Canadian...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 21, 20161 min read
Iranian Prisoner of Conscience Hossein Rafiee Released
Elderly prisoner of conscience and retired university professor Mohammad Hossein Rafiee has been released from Evin Prison. Rafiee was...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 7, 20161 min read
Bahareh Hedayat—Free At Last
Iranian student activist and women human rights defender Bahareh Hedayat has been released from prison after serving nearly seven years....
Ebby Abramson
Sep 5, 20161 min read
Jailed Iranian Nuclear Scientist Tweets About His Freedom
The day after his conditional release from Evin Prison in northwestern Tehran, Twitter became the platform of choice to communicate...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 31, 20162 min read
Homa Hoodfar, Montreal Professor Jailed in Iran, "Can Hardly Walk or Talk"
Homa Hoodfar, a Canadian-Iranian professor who was arrested by Iranian authorities on June 6, has been hospitalized in Iran, according to...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 29, 20161 min read
Omid Kokabee Released on Parole
Imprisoned Iranian laser scientist Omid Kokabee, who was on brief medical leave to recuperate from kidney-cancer surgery, has been...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 10, 20161 min read
ESW Concerned Over Ongoing Detention of Homa Hoodfar in Iran
Endangered Scholars Worldwide is gravely concerned over the ongoing detention of Homa Hoodfar, a Canadian-Iranian professor of...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 8, 20162 min read
Canadian-Iranian Professor Arrested in Tehran by Revolutionary Guards
Iranian authorities have arrested a Canadian-Iranian professor of social anthropology, the latest in a string of cases involving dual...
Ebby Abramson
May 27, 20161 min read
Omid Kokabee Released on Bail
Imprisoned Iranian laser scientist Omid Kokabee, who recently had surgery to remove a cancerous kidney, has been released on bail to...
Ebby Abramson
May 19, 20163 min read
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
Apr 27, 20162 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...
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