Representatives from Amnesty International, the Committee of Concerned Scientists and other organizations deliver Kokabee Petitions to Iranian Authorities.
The same day as human rights activists delivered 14,000 petition signatures, including 31 by Nobel Physics Laureates, for Omid Kokabee’s release, the American Association for the Advancement of Science awarded him the prize for Freedom and Scientific Responsibility. Representatives of the human rights organization, including CCS co-chair Eugene Chudnovsky, also met with Iranian officials at the Iran UN mission, who remained non-committal. However, the activists are cautiously optimistic because of the Iran Supreme Court’s decision to rehear Kokabee’s case, although there is also deep concern for the 32-year old physicist’s deteriorating health.
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