Niloufar Bayani was one of several biologists arrested in 2018 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and falsely accused of espionage. In 2019, Bayani was sentenced to ten years in prison, but she was recently released. https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/2024/04/iran-niloufar-bayani-released-from-prison/ ... Continue Reading>>
Niloufar Bayani Continues to be Wrongfully Imprisoned and Tortured in Iran
In 2018, several biologists were arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including Niloufar Bayani, and accused of espionage. Ms. Bayani was coerced into making a confession. Since then, she has been tortured, threatened, and wrongfully imprisoned. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/irans-revolutionary-guard-corps-tortures-female-scholars-behind-prison-walls ... Continue Reading>>
Niloufar Bayani Wrongfully Imprisoned and Tortured in Iran
In 2018, several biologists were arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, falsely accused of espionage, and summarily tried by the Revolutionary Court. Niloufar Bayani, graduate of McGill and Columbia Universities, was sentenced to ten years in ... Continue Reading>>
Conservation Biologist of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation Contracted COVID in Iranian Prison
Niloufar Bayani is a widely respected environmental scientist affiliated with the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation. She received a Master’s in Conservation Biology from Columbia University in 2012, and then worked for the UN Environment Program (UNEP) in Geneva before joining the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation in 2017. She and eight colleagues were arrested in January 2018 and accused ... Continue Reading>>
Conservationist Depicts Iranian Prison Conditions In Letters Sent to Media
Niloufar Bayani is a widely respected conservation scientist who works at the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation. She received a Master’s in conservation biology from Columbia University in 2012, and then worked for the UN Environment Program (UNEP) in Geneva before joining the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation in 2017. She and eight colleagues were arrested in January 2018 and accused of ... Continue Reading>>
Environmentalists in Iran Arrested for Use of Standard Equipment, Charged as Spies
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 one, Kavous Seyed-Emami, ... Continue Reading>>
Four Conservation Scientists Arrested In Iran Charged with Capital Offenses
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 arrested and charged - ... Continue Reading>>