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Iran Executes 29-Year-Old Erfan Shakourzadeh, Graduate of the Iran University of Science and Technology in Tehran

May 13, 2026

Read more below: https://www.iranintl.com/en/202605117223 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-hangs-grad-student-accused-spying-cia-mossad ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran Tagged With: Erfan Shakourzadeh

Update: Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi has been Granted Bail and Transferred from Iran’s Evin Prison to a Hospital for Medical Treatment.

May 11, 2026

Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi moved to Tehran hospital, her foundation says.... Read more at pbs.org ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran, Update Tagged With: Narges Mohammadi

Concern for the Safety of Political Prisoners in Iran’s Evin Prison

March 11, 2026

We are concerned about the safety of political prisoners in Iran’s Evin Prison, including Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, amid reports of bombing nearby and prisoners locked in their cells and abandoned by the guards. We urge immediate action to protect them. ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran Tagged With: Political prisoners in Evin prison

Nobel Peace Winner Narges Mohammadi Receives Additional Seven-Year Prison Sentence in Iran

February 11, 2026

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/08/middleeast/iran-narges-mohammadi-new-sentence-intl-hnk ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran, Update Tagged With: Narges Mohammadi

Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Winner Beaten and Hospitalized

December 22, 2025

Dr. Narges Mohammadi, who is imprisoned in Iran for opposing the death penalty, has recently been beaten so severely, that she required multiple hospitalizations. The Associated Press: Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi taken to hospital after arrest, family says......Read more Reuters: No new on whereabouts orhealth of Iranian Mobel Lauriate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say......Read ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran Tagged With: Narges Mohammadi

Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali, Swedish-Iranian Physician, Returned to Evin Prison in Tehran

September 29, 2025

VUB professor held in Iran is still alive, says family Read more on The Brussels Times ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran Tagged With: Ahmadreza Djalali

Urgent Appeal to Prevent the Imminent Execution of Student Ehsan Faridi

September 3, 2025

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Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran Tagged With: Ehsan Faridi

“Science Saved My Life — and It Must Save Other At-Risk Scholars,” an Article by Encieh Erfani

June 3, 2025

In September 2022, during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran — sparked by the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini — I resigned from my Iranian university position in protest. I was on a research visit to Mexico at the time, and couldn’t return home. Read more on nature.com ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran Tagged With: Encieh Erfani

Narges Mohammadi’s Temporary Medical Release is Grossly Insufficient

December 7, 2024

Permanent and Unconditional Release of Nobel Peace Laureate Is Critical December 5, 2024 – Narges Mohammadi, the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and renowned Iranian human rights defender, has been granted a 21-day medical release from Evin Prison by the Iranian authorities, after repeated denials and delays in receiving critical medical care. This temporary release falls drastically short of ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran Tagged With: Narges Mohammadi

UPDATE: Djalali left behind in recent Swedish-Iranian prisoner swap

June 23, 2024

Prominent medical doctor and Swedish Iranian dual citizen, Ahmadreza Djalali, remains on death row after two other prisoners were exchanged for two of Sweden’s prisoners. The swap took place on Saturday, June 15th. Djalali has been held in Evin Prison in Tehran since an academic visit to Iran in 2016. CCS implores the Swedish Prime Minister to prioritize Djalali’s ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran, Update Tagged With: Ahmadreza Djalali

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Protests in Kiev, Ukraine on January 22, 2014. Photo by Amakuha via Wikimedia Commons

A Call to Action

COB of The Swedish Association of Higher Education Institutions and the President of the German Rectors’ Conference Sent Joint Letter for Iran to Lift Death Sentence and Release Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali; Rectors of Brussels Two Universities Concur

April 6, 2021

Condition worsens for Ahmadreza Djalali, Swedish-Iranian Lecturer, sentenced for execution in Iran. Health has badly deteriorated. Is in solitary ... Continue Reading>>

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