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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 confinement. Family very concerned about his physical and mental state. In need of medical care. Many academics, Nobel Laureates have stepped forward in his defense. Now the President of the German Rectors' Conference and the Chairman of the Board ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iraq, Petitions Tagged With: Ahmadreza Djalali, Death Sentence, Human Rights, Swedish

Prompted by Reports of the Imminent Execution of a Medical Scholar, Ahmadreza Djalali, 153 Nobel Laureates Appeal to the Supreme Leader of Iran, Urging Him to Intercede on Djalali’s Behalf.

November 24, 2020

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Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran, Petitions Tagged With: Ahmadreza Djalali, Djalali, Execution, Medical Scholar

Ahmadreza Djalali Is Dying in Prison in Iran

July 13, 2020

Editorial Note by the Editor in Chief of the Cambridge Core:  https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/prehospital-and-disaster-medicine/article/ahmadreza-djalali-md-phd-is-dying/D655A93377D6225ADEFA229E74831644/core-reader ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran, Prominent Cases Tagged With: Ahmadreza, Ahmadreza Djalali, Djalali, Emergency Medicine, Physician

Take Action To Free Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali (Iran) and Dr. Tashpolat Tiyip (In China) From Execution

October 14, 2019

Please sign the petitions provided by Scholars at Risk for World Day Against the Death Penalty in support of Dr. Djalali and Dr. Tiyip who are currently imprisoned in Iran and China, respectively, sentenced to be executed for false charges. CCS has written to support both of these gentlemen previously (can be found on this website). Dr. Djalali is a professor of disaster medicine and was arrested ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China, Iran Tagged With: Ahmadreza, Ahmadreza Djalali, Djalali, Tashpolat, Tashpolat Tiyip, Tiyip

Worldwide Alert: Medical Doctor, Ahmadreza Djalali, Who Was Sentenced to Death in Iran in 2017, Taken from Prison Cell to Undisclosed Location

August 3, 2019

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>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran Tagged With: Ahmadreza Djalali, Djalali, Execution, Physician, Sweden

Ahmadreza Djalali, Physician Confined in Prison in Iran Sentenced for Spying, Seriously Ill and in Need of Urgent Medical Care

March 4, 2019

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>>

Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: Ahmadreza, Ahmadreza Djalali, death, Djalali, Prison, sentenced, sick

Swedish Physician/Lecturer in Prison in Iran Very Ill

January 22, 2019

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>>

Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: Ahmadreza, Ahmadreza Djalali, Djalali, Espionage, ill, Prison, sick

Swedish Physician/Professor In Very Bad Health in Iranian Prison: 124 Nobel Laureates Call for His Release

January 9, 2019

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>>

Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: Ahmadreza, Ahmadreza Djalali, arrested, Djalali, Prison, sick

On the eve of Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies in Stockholm and Oslo 121 Nobel Laureates have appealed to the Supreme Leader of Iran, asking Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to interfere personally in the case of the medical doctor Ahmadreza Djalali. Sir Richard Roberts (picture) wrote the letter petitioning for the release and dismissal of charges against Dr. Djalali and 121 former Nobel winners have signed. Dr. Djalali, dual citizen of Iran and Sweden, was sentenced to death in Iran in 2017 on charges disputed by the international community. (Picture provided by the Genetic Literacy Project.)

December 9, 2018

Sir Richard Roberts - Signatures of Nobel laureates have been collected by Sir Richard Roberts — Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine 1993.

9th December, 2018 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Via the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations 622 Third Avenue, 34th Floor New York, NY 10017 Dear Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: In November 2017, and again in February 2018 I wrote on behalf of a consortium of Nobel Laureates about the plight of a ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Iran, Prominent Cases Tagged With: Ahmadreza, Ahmadreza Djalali, Ali Khamenei, Djalali, imprisoned, Nobel, Nobel Petition for Djalali, Sir Richard Roberts

Update on Status of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali

November 25, 2018

Ahmadreza Djalali

Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali, Physician/Professor and lecturer in Emergency Medicine and resident of Sweden had been arrested in Iran in April 2016, charged with espionage, and sentenced to death for “collaboration with a hostile government”. CCS, along with numerous other human rights groups and governments of several countries, have called for dismissal of the charges against him and his immediate ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: Ahmadreza, Ahmadreza Djalali, Djalali, Professor

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