Omid Kokabee an Iranian graduate student in physics who has been imprisoned in Tehran for the past 15 months, was sentenced to 10 years in jail for "communicating with a hostile government," according to a May 15 article in the publication "Nature." In a group trial of 10 or 15 people, where reportedly no evidence was presented against any of the accused, Kokabee and others were convicted of a ... Continue Reading>>
Urgent Protest of Death Sentence for Iranian Scholar
Professor Abdolreza Ghanbari completed a PhD in Persian language and literature and has taught this subject in high schools and at Payame Nour University. CCS understands that his only political activity was to belong to a trade union that had been dissolved in 2007. Ghanbari was sentenced to death on January 30, 2010 on charges of “enmity against God” (Moharebeh) for allegedly participating in ... Continue Reading>>
Omid Kokabee Petition Sent to Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamene'i
This is a copy of the petition that CCS sent to the Grand Ayatollah of Iran in support of graduate student Omid Kokabee. Petition for the release of Omid Kokabee To: His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamene'i The Supreme Leader, The Islamic Republic of Iran Tehran Sponsored By: Committee of Concerned Scientists This petition, signed by 251 academics and students, is sponsored by the Committee of ... Continue Reading>>
Omid Kokabee Petition Sent to Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamene’i
This is a copy of the petition that CCS sent to the Grand Ayatollah of Iran in support of graduate student Omid Kokabee. Petition for the release of Omid Kokabee To: His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamene'i The Supreme Leader, The Islamic Republic of Iran Tehran Sponsored By: Committee of Concerned Scientists This petition, signed by 251 academics and students, is sponsored by the Committee of ... Continue Reading>>
Kokabee Imprisonment Creates Grave Concerns for Iranian Students in US, CCS Reports to Secretary Clinton
Following up on our previous activities on behalf of Omid Kokabee, an Iranian graduate student at the University of Texas, Austin, who was arrested when he returned to Iran, CCS wrote to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about his arrest and its chilling effect on Iranian students in the United States, who now fear that they will also be arrested if they go home to Iran. ... Continue Reading>>
Petition for the Release of Omid Kokabee
Please sign this petition for Omid Kokabee, an Iranian graduate student at the University of Texas, Austin, who was arrested on a visit to Iran last winter. He recently went on trial in Iran. ... Continue Reading>>
Iranian Physician Released From Prison
Arash Alaei, a pioneering HIV and AIDS doctor, has been released from an Iranian prison, his family said Sunday Aug. 28. Both he and his brother, Kamiar Alaei, who is also a doctor, were arrested in 2008. They were charged with "communication with an enemy government" and for trying to "overthrow the government," according to Kamiar. ... Continue Reading>>
CCS Protests the Arrest of Iranian Academic
CCS wrote a letter to Ayatollah Ali Khamene'i protesting the arrest and detention of Ramin Zibaei, a psychology scholar and dean at the Baha'i Institute of Higher Education in Tehran. ... Continue Reading>>
CCS Requests the Release of Iranian Graduate Student
CCS writes an open letter to Iran''s Ayatollah Khamene’i requesting release from jail of Omid Kokabee, Iranian graduate student in optics at the University of Texas, who had returned to Iran to visit family. Read our letter: July 14, 2011 His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamene’i The Supreme Leader, The Islamic Republic of Iran Tehran Your Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Ali Hoseyni Khamene’I: ... Continue Reading>>
Professor Released from Iranian Prison
CCS also welcomed the release of Professor Emadeddin Baghi, who was released after serving two concurrent one-year jail sentences for "propaganda against the state”. One related to his founding of the Association to Defend Prisoners' Rights and the other to an interview broadcast by the BBC together with the late government critic Grand Ayatollah Hosseinali-Monatazeri. ... Continue Reading>>