Ahmadreza Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/ahmadreza/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Mon, 11 Oct 2021 20:41:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Ahmadreza Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/ahmadreza/ 32 32 59910430 Ahmadreza Djalali – 2000 Days in the Iranian Prison https://concernedscientists.org/2021/10/ahmadreza-djalali-2000-days-in-the-iranian-prison/ Mon, 11 Oct 2021 20:41:03 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9333 October 17, 2021 marks 2000 days since Ahmadreza Djalali, a medical doctor, dual citizen of Sweden in Iran, was imprisoned in Tehran. He has been tortured, kept in solitary confinement, and brought to near-death existence. His wife and two children have been severely impacted by that. Djalali worked at the Karolinska Medical University in Stockholm, […]

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]]> 9333 Ahmadreza Djalali Is Dying in Prison in Iran https://concernedscientists.org/2020/07/ahmadreza-djalali-is-dying-in-prison-in-iran/ Tue, 14 Jul 2020 00:18:49 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8513 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

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]]> 8513 Take Action To Free Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali (Iran) and Dr. Tashpolat Tiyip (In China) From Execution https://concernedscientists.org/2019/10/take-action-to-free-dr-ahmadreza-djalali-iran-and-dr-tashpolat-tiyip-in-china-from-execution/ Mon, 14 Oct 2019 22:15:17 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7582 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 […]

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]]> 7582 Ahmadreza Djalali, Physician Confined in Prison in Iran Sentenced for Spying, Seriously Ill and in Need of Urgent Medical Care https://concernedscientists.org/2019/03/ahmadreza-djalali-physician-confined-in-prison-in-iran-sentenced-for-spying-seriously-ill-and-in-need-of-urgent-medical-care/ Tue, 05 Mar 2019 03:01:29 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7349 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 […]

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]]> 7349 Swedish Physician/Lecturer in Prison in Iran Very Ill https://concernedscientists.org/2019/01/swedish-physician-lecturer-in-prison-in-iran-very-ill/ Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:19:36 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7330 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 […]

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]]> 7330 Swedish Physician/Professor In Very Bad Health in Iranian Prison: 124 Nobel Laureates Call for His Release https://concernedscientists.org/2019/01/swedish-physician-professor-in-very-bad-health-in-iranian-prison-124-nobel-laureates-call-for-his-release/ Wed, 09 Jan 2019 22:27:03 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7299 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 […]

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]]> 7299 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.) https://concernedscientists.org/2018/12/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-t/ Mon, 10 Dec 2018 03:16:24 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7253 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 […]

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]]> 7253 Update on Status of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali https://concernedscientists.org/2018/11/update-on-status-of-dr-ahmadreza-djalali/ Mon, 26 Nov 2018 02:52:33 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7235 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 […]

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