The Committee of Concerned Scientists (CCS) is asking Iranian scientists to apply their influence to free Omid Kokabee who is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Tehran for his refusal to participate in research related to Iran’s nuclear program, see Op-Ed on Omid Kokabee and Iran’s Uranium Enrichment Program.
Earlier this year CCS wrote to Dr. Mohammad-Javad Larijani, Secretary of the Human Rights Council of Iran’s Judiciary and Director of the Institute for Fundamental Research. We asked Dr. Larijani to make good on the promise he made to the Iranian students in March 2015 that Kokabee should be pardoned and released from prison in accordance with the ruling of the Iran’s Supreme Court that he committed no crime.
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Last year thirty-three physics Nobel laureates appealed to the Iran’s Supreme Leader on Kokabee’s behalf. We know that the majority of Iranian scientists and students believe that Kokabee is innocent. We call upon Iranian authorities to release Omid Kokabee, and once again urge Iranian scientists to support this goal.
CCS is an independent non-government organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of colleagues around the world.
Sincerely,
Joel L. Lebowitz, Paul H. Plotz, Walter Reich,Eugene M. Chudnovsky, Alexander Greer
Co-Chairs, Committee of Concerned Scientists
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- Nobel laureates call for release of Iranian physicist : Nature News Blog (blogs.nature.com)
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