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Apr 18, 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...

Apr 15, 20161 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...

Mar 16, 20162 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...

Mar 8, 20163 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...