Qajar Dynasty Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/qajar-dynasty/ 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. Mon, 18 Dec 2017 18:11:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Qajar Dynasty Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/qajar-dynasty/ 32 32 59910430 Princeton Graduate Student Sentenced to 10 Years in Iran While Conducting Thesis Research https://concernedscientists.org/2017/08/princeton-graduate-student-sentenced-to-10-years-in-iran-while-conducting-thesis-research/ Sat, 05 Aug 2017 16:06:47 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6254 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 […]

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