Morad Tahbaz Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/morad-tahbaz/ 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. Fri, 21 Dec 2018 01:24:14 +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 Morad Tahbaz Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/morad-tahbaz/ 32 32 59910430 Environmentalists in Iran Arrested for Use of Standard Equipment, Charged as Spies https://concernedscientists.org/2018/12/environmentalists-in-iran-arrested-for-use-of-standard-equipment-charged-as-spies/ Fri, 21 Dec 2018 01:24:13 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7271 Taher Ghadirian and Houman Jowkar serve on the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Morad Tahbaz and Niloufar Bayani are widely respected conservation scientists. All of these work with the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation and were arrested in January and could face execution for their work. In addition, five other scientists were previously arrested, and […]

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]]> 7271 Four Conservation Scientists Arrested In Iran Charged with Capital Offenses https://concernedscientists.org/2018/11/four-conservation-scientists-arrested-in-iran-charged-with-capital-offenses/ Thu, 08 Nov 2018 23:27:48 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7212 Taher Ghadirian, Houman Jowkar, Morad Tahbaz and Niloufar Bayani were charged with capital offenses, that could result in their execution, for their work monitoring rare and disappearing whildlife using camera traps. Two of the three scientists serve on the International Union for Conservation of Nature, all four are widely respected. Five other scientists were similarly […]

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]]> 7212 Environmental Scientists Being Detained In Iran and Accused of Spying https://concernedscientists.org/2018/10/environmental-scientists-being-detained-in-iran-and-accused-of-spying/ Thu, 18 Oct 2018 21:23:55 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7190 Several environmental scientists have been arrested in Iran and accused of spying on nuclear facilities. One of the scientists, an American citizen Morad Tahbaz, graduate of Columbia University, is co-founder of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation. Members of the Foundation have openly opposed installation of underground nuclear and missile launch facilities on protected lands. Its […]

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