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Anthropologist, Fariba Adelkhah, Temporarily Released from Iranian Prison

November 9, 2020

On vague, seemingly politically motivated charges, 61-year-old Iranian anthropologist Fariba Adelkhah was sentenced to six years in prison in May 2020. Adelkhah is an expert on Iran and Shi’ite Islam based in France for the past 40 years, and currently the Director of Research at the Center for International Studies at Sciences Po University. On October 3, 2020, she was released to her family in ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Annual Reports, CCS Cases, France, Highlights, Iran, Reports Tagged With: Anthropologist, Fariba Adelkhah, Iranian Prison, Po University

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