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New Appeal for Omid Kokabee Details Specific Human Rights Law Violations

The Committee of Concerned Scientists endorses a new appeal on behalf of Texas University physics student Omid Kokabee, who is imprisoned in Teheran. CCS and many other human rights organizations have...

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Amnesty Calls Kokabee Prisoner of Conscience. CCS Tells Iran, Calling for His...

Persuaded that Omid Kokabee has been jailed and convicted because of his refusal to work on military projects, Amnesty International has called for his release as a “Prisoner of Conscience.” CCS renews...

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Kokabee Denied Medical Care in Jail Moved to Inhumane Prison Quarantine

Omid Kokabee, the graduate student at Texas University/Austin who has been imprisoned in Iran since 2011, has been denied medical care for kidney and stomach problems and was recently transferred to...

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Iranian Graduate Student’s Condition Seriously Worsening in Prison

Omid Kokabee, an internationally recognized physicist serving a 10-year sentence in Iran, has not been allowed medical treatment outside Evin Prison despite his worsening kidney stone condition and...

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Sudden Transfer to Interrogation Ward of Omid Kokabee of Grave Concern

CCS is alerting Dr. Mohammad Javad Ardashir Larijani about this worrisome development in Kokabee’s imprisonment, contradicting earlier suggestions that a pardon might be forthcoming. Dr. Mohammad Javad...

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Iran Increases Presssure on Omid Kokabee

As the news from Iran encourages us that the new negotiations may lead to the release of Omid Kokabee, we find ourselves, instead, discouraged as the pressure on Omid seems to be increasing. continue...

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Omid Kokabee’s Mother Pleads with Ayatollah for his Release

Omid Kokabee’s mother wrote a letter to the Ayatollah pleading for the release of her son after serving almost five years in prison without a furlough, or a pardon. continue reading >>

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Omid Kokabee Hospitalized

Omid Kokabee has been hospitalized with severe stomach pain and bleeding  after spending almost 5 years of his 10 year sentence in Tehran’s Evin prison. continue reading >>

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Letters to the EU and Iran in Support of Dr. Rafiee-Fanood

CCS has written both the President of Iran and the High Representative of the European Union on behalf of Dr. Mohammad Hossein Rafiee-Fanood, a retired professor of chemistry who has been imprisoned in...

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Omid Kokabee Diagnosed with Kidney Cancer

Medical tests performed on Omid Kokabee have revealed, that after years of seeking medical care that was not responded to, he has been diagnosed with kidney cancer. Kokabee began complaining of pain in...

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Mohammad Hossein Rafiee Has Been Released on a Medical Furlough

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...

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

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....

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CCS Requests International Support for Swedish Scientist in Iran

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. Take Action Scholar of disaster...

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The Committee of Concerned Scientists Requests Support From The Iranian...

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. continue reading...

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Esmail Abdi, Former Mathematics Teacher and Former Secretary General of the...

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...

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

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...

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Narges Mohammadi Again Rushed to Hospital for Emergency Medical Care

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....

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

The post Iranian Physicist Imprisoned for 16-Year Sentence Tortured and Transferred to Strict Facility appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

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

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...

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Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian Human Rights Lawyer, Writes A Plea for Peace from...

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...

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