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>>
Iranian scholar sentenced
Professor Emadeddin Baghi, an Iranian scholar, has received a six-year prison sentence for “propaganda against the regime” and “gathering and colluding to disturb national security”. The court charges refer to an interview Baghi conducted with the late Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, broadcast on the Persian service of the BBC in December 2009, shortly after the death of Montazeri. Exercising Professor ... Continue Reading>>
Iranian scholar released on bail
According to reports from Amnesty International, Emadeddin Baghi, prominent Iranian scholar, journalist and human rights activist, was released on bail of 2,000 million Tomans (US$200,000) on Wednesday 23rd June. Emadeddin Baghi, an Iranian scholar and journalist, was arrested at his home on December 28th 2009. Baghi was reportedly held in solitary confinement in Evin Prison, without access to ... Continue Reading>>
Iranian physicist murdered
Dr. Massoud Alimohammadi was the victim of a targeted murder in Iran on January 12, 2010. The government of Iran alleges that he was assassinated by Israel and the United States due to his participation in Iran’s nuclear program. According to the journal Science, a publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Dr. Alimohammadi’s field of study was quantum physics, a field ... Continue Reading>>
Iranian scholar arrested
Emadeddin Baghi, an Iranian scholar and journalist, was arrested at his home on December 28th 2009. Since his arrest, Baghi has reportedly been held in solitary confinement in Evin Prison, without access to his lawyers or to medical care and has not been permitted regular visits with his family. Most alarmingly, Baghi was hospitalized on March 20th after losing consciousness ... Continue Reading>>
Kian Tajbakhsh
Iranian-American sociologist Kian Tajbakhsh was able to celebrate the Persian New Year with his family on March 13 and on April 3 allowed to stay out of Evin prison longer. Tajbakhsh, who was sentenced to 15 years for espionage, had to post bail in the amount of $800,000. His sentence has been reduced to five years by an Iranian court of appeals. CCS and many human rights organizations and ... Continue Reading>>
Nokia surveillance system violates human rights in Iran
Last year, Nokia Siemens Networds (NSN) delivered a monitoring center to Irantelecom, Iran’s state owned telephone company. The servers can tap phones, read e-mails and provide surveillance of electronic data communication networks. In 2009, Nokia Siemens Networks and Perusa Partners Fund IL.P. closed the sale of NSN to Perusa. The companies involved also provide support to the system in all of ... Continue Reading>>
Iranian-American sociologist arrested
Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakshs, a sociologist and urban planner, was arrested in July 2009. An Iranian Revolutionary court convicted him in October of fomenting unrest against the government and sentenced him to 15 years in prison, although he denied all of these charges. We have now learned that Iran has brought new charges of espionage against Kian Tajbakhsh. Dr. Tajbakhsh was ... Continue Reading>>
Iranian-American scholar arrested
Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakshs, a sociologist and urban planner with a doctorate from Columbia University, was arrested in July, 2009. An Iranian Revolutionary court convicted him on October 20 of fomenting unrest against the government and sentenced him to 15 years in prison. He was prosecuted with more than 100 other defendants in show trials after the election sparked protests. He has ... Continue Reading>>