On July 29, Ahmadreza Djalali, dual citizen of Iran and Sweden, sentenced to death on a bogus charge of “cooperation with hostile government” in 2017, was taken out of Evin prison in Tehran to an isolated cell at an undisclosed location. Djalali was blindfolded before the relocation and the purpose for this is unknown. Director of European Projects on Disaster Medicine, Djalali was arrested by ... Continue Reading>>
Iranian Anthropologist, Living in France, Arrested In Iran For Unspecified Reasons While Visiting Family
Fariba Adelkhah, a 60 year-old Anthropologist, based at the Paris Institute of Political Studies where she is the Director of Research at the Center for International Studies, was arrested in Iran on June 7th while visiting family. Adelkhah has been studying and teaching in France for over 40 years. Reasons for her arrest have not been made public as yet. CCS has written the Chief Justice of ... Continue Reading>>
Iranian Prisoner in Dire Need of Independent Hospitalization for Post-Op Infection
Narges Mohammadi, a 46-year old Iranian physicist, engineer and human rights advocate confined in Evin Prison, sentenced to 16 years for peaceful advocacy of women’s rights and abolition of the death penalty, is in need of hospitalization. In May of 2019 she had a hysterectomy and was rushed back to the prison in less than one week. As a result, she has a post-operative infection for which she is ... Continue Reading>>
Wife Pleads for Release of Princeton Student Incarcerated in Iran While Doing Research on Dissertation
Hua Qu, the wife of Xiyue Wang, is pleading for help to have her husband released from Evin Prison in Iran. In late May Xiyue Wang marked his 1,000 day of incarceration unjustly imprisoned in Iran. Wang, a PhD candidate in Princeton University’s history department was arrested and accused of espionage in August 2016 while conducting pre-approved research for his doctoral dissertation. Wang was ... Continue Reading>>
Swedish Scientist Incarcerated In Iran Needs Immediate Medical Care
Ahmedreza Djalali, a Swedish scientist/physician/lecturer for emergency and disaster medicine has been sentenced and incarcerated in Iran for allegedly spying. He is, at this time, very ill and in need of emergency medical care. May 25, 2019 Ali Alghasi Mehr Prosecutor General of Tehran Corner (Nabsh-e) of 15 Khordad Square Tehran, Iran Dear Prosecutor General Mehr: The Committee ... Continue Reading>>
Ahmadreza Djalali, Physician Confined in Prison in Iran Sentenced for Spying, Seriously Ill and in Need of Urgent Medical Care
Dr. Djalali was sentenced to death in Iran. He is now very seriously ill. He desperately needs to be transferred to a hospital for care and possible surgery. He received surgery earlier in the year but the day following surgery he was transferred back to prison where he never received follow-up nor recuperative care. 100 Nobel Laureates have appealed for his case. CCS wrote a letter ... Continue Reading>>
Two Female Human Rights Advocates in Iranian Prison on Hunger Strile for Failure to Receive Adequate Medical Care
Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian physicist, engineer and human rights advocate who was sentenced to 16 years in prison for her non-violent human rights activities; and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a journalist and a dual citizen (Iranian/British) was sentenced to 5 years in prison for her human rights work and opinions expressed peacefully as a journalist and blogger are both on a joint hunger strike to ... Continue Reading>>
Swedish Physician/Lecturer in Prison in Iran Very Ill
Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali, a resident of Sweden and citizen of Iran, was arrested for espionage, unfairly tried and sentenced to death for spying for Israel. He had surgery earlier in the year, was not given time to recuperate and is now gravely ill. CCS has written The Acting Minister of Health and Medical Education in Iran requesting he be taken to a community hospital for appropriate care and ... Continue Reading>>
Swedish Physician/Professor In Very Bad Health in Iranian Prison: 124 Nobel Laureates Call for His Release
Ahmadreza Djalali, a physician and lecturer living in Sweden, was arrested while in Iran for a presentation to other medical professionals. He was accused of spying and sentenced to death. He has now been confined for 2.5 years. Recently, he became very ill and had to be operated on for emergency hernia surgery. He was taken to a hospital, received the surgery and was immediately returned to ... Continue Reading>>
Australian Family Planning Scholars Arrested/Questioned in Iran for “Infiltration”
Dr. Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi, a population expert at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health in Australia was arrested and Dr. Mohammad Jalal Abbasi- Shavazi, Director, National Population Research Institute Iran, a scholar in the field of family planning and was called in for police questioning for accusations of “infiltration” of Iran for the alleged purpose of obstructing ... Continue Reading>>