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Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian Human Rights Lawyer, Writes A Plea for Peace from Evin Prison , on International Women’s Day

April 5, 2020

Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian human rights lawyer was sentenced in 2018 to a total of 38 years in prison and 148 lashes for a variety of offenses, including 12 years for “promoting immorality and indecency.” Her legal work has included litigation opposing death sentences and the imprisonment of girls, as young as 9, for not wearing a hijab. She was first jailed for this work in 2010, and then in ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: COVID-19, Evin Prison, Human Rights, hunger strike, International Women's Day, Lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Political prisoner

Australian-British Lecturer Describes Incarceration In Iran Through Series of Letters

March 8, 2020

Kylie Moore-Gilbert is an Australian-British lecturer on Islamic Studies at Melbourne University in Australia where she obtained her Ph.D. in 2017. She was arrested in Iran in September 2018 while conducting field research. She was subsequently sentenced to 10 years in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison on unknown charges that are rumored to be related to espionage. If true, she would be one of many ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases Tagged With: Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert, Espionage, Evin Prison, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Islamic Studies, Kylie Moore-Gilbert, Melbourne University, Research

Iranian Physicist Imprisoned for 16-Year Sentence Tortured and Transferred to Strict Facility

January 20, 2020

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Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: Evin Prison, Iran, Narges Mohammadi, Tehran, Zanjan

Narges Mohammadi Again Rushed to Hospital for Emergency Medical Care

August 27, 2018

Narges Mohammadi, Iranian Physicist and human rights advocate was again rushed to a hospital for emergency care while serving an 18-year sentence for her work advocating for women’s rights in Iran. On July 3 Mohammadi had gallbladder surgery and was taken back to prison. A few days later she began having convulsions and seizures and was taken back to the hospital. CCS has written President ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: Evin Prison, Mohammadi, Narges Mohammadi

Dr. Djalali, Expert in Disaster Medicine, Scheduled for Trial on August 2, 2017 In Iran

July 16, 2017

Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali, an expert in Disaster Medicine, was arrested and has been detained in Evin Prison since April 2016. He has been charged with "collaborating with hostile governments" and "acting against national security." Dr. Djalali is an Iranian National who was residing with his family in Sweden, but would return to Iran to do training with professionals in disaster medicine. Dr. ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran, Prominent Cases Tagged With: Djalali, Evin Prison, Physician, Sweden

Esmail Abdi, Former Mathematics Teacher and Former Secretary General of the Iranian Teachers’ Union Now Serving 6 Years in Evin Prison

June 8, 2017

Esmail Abdi, the former Secretary General of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association is serving a six year sentence in Evin Prison charged with “propaganda against the state” and “collusion against national security.”  Dr. Abdi has been denied an attorney during the investigatory phase of his trial.  He is being detained for peaceful political and trade union activities.  Recently, Dr. Abdi’s ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran Tagged With: Esmail Abdi, Evin Prison, Iran, ITTA

The Committee of Concerned Scientists Requests Support From The Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences for Ahmadreza Djalali

March 27, 2017

Iran has detained Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali, a physician specializing in Emergency and Disaster Medicine. Dr. Djalali has been confined almost a year without a hearing or trial to date. Dr. Djalali has been threatened with a death sentence by his inquisitors. In an effort to obtain support from groups that the Iranian authorities may listen to, CCS has requested the Iranian Academy of Medical ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: Ahmadreza Djalali, Evin Prison, Iran, Scientists

CCS Requests International Support for Swedish Scientist in Iran

February 6, 2017

Evin House of Detention in Iran, where Omid Kokabee and other political prisoners are being held.

CCS has written to the heads of other countries and organizations requesting their support of Dr. Djalali, a Swedish scientist threatened with a death sentence in Iran. ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: Ahmadreza Djalali, Evin Prison, Iran, Scientists

Homa Hoodfar, Canadian and Iranian Citizen, Released from Evin Prison

September 26, 2016

Evin House of Detention in Iran, where Omid Kokabee and other political prisoners are being held.

Homa Hoodfar, a dual-citizen of Iran and Canada, and a retired professor of Sociology and Anthropology, has been released from Evin prison in Iran, where she was detained since her arrest in June. Professor Hoodfar was charged with “dabbling in feminism” while conducting a research project. In early July, CCS wrote on behalf of Professor Hoodfar requesting her immediate release and that she ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: Academics, Concordia University, Evin Prison, Homa Hoodfar, Iran

Mohammad Hossein Rafiee Has Been Released on a Medical Furlough

September 20, 2016

Mohammad Hossein Rafiee Fanood, a retired chemist, imprisoned in Iran

CCS has been informed that retired Tehran University professor, Dr. Mohammad Hossein Rafiee, has been released from Evin Prison on a Medical Furlough due to poor health. He has been allowed to recuperate at his family’s home. We are all very grateful that he will have a chance for an effective recovery and be allowed to recover fully with appropriate medical care. We also are in support of the ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: Evin Prison, Iran, Mohammad Hossein Rafiee Fanood

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