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Swedish Physician/Lecturer in Prison in Iran Very Ill

January 22, 2019

Swedish Physician/Lecturer in Prison in Iran Very Ill

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

Ahmadreza Djalali Writes Supporters Pleading for Their Continued Advocacy. Physical Condition In Prison Deteriorating.

May 10, 2018

Ahmadreza Djalali Writes Supporters Pleading for Their Continued Advocacy. Physical Condition In Prison Deteriorating.

Ahmadreza Djalali, emergency and disaster medicine physician and lecturer, is still confined in a prison in Iran awaiting execution (or a reversal of his sentence).  He came, by invitation, to lecture university students when he was arrested and accused of spying.  The trial was unusual, he was initially banned from seeing family or an attorney; and during the trial was allegedly not allowed to ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Highlights, Iran, Prominent Cases Tagged With: Ahmadreza Djalali, Djalali, emergency medicine physician, Espionage, Sweden, Swedish physician

Princeton Graduate Student Sentenced to 10 Years in Iran While Conducting Thesis Research

August 5, 2017

Princeton Graduate Student Sentenced to 10 Years in Iran While Conducting Thesis Research

Xiyue Wang, a Chinese graduate student and American citizen attending Princeton was conducting research for his doctoral thesis in Iran when he was arrested and charged with espionage.  Wang was loading documents on the 19th and 20th century eurasian history researching the Qajar dynasty.  However, the authorities in Iran thought he was a CIA agent and spy for the United States and sentenced him ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran Tagged With: 19th Century Eurasian History, 20th Century Eurasian History, Academic freedom, Acedemic, Doctoral Student, Espionage, Iranian Archive, Princeton University, Qajar Dynasty, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Xiyue Wang

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