Iranian Sociologist Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison
Photo credits: RadioFreeEurope In February of 2023, when the Iranian government released some prisoners to appease the Woman, Life,...
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Kennedy McCutchen
- Mar 21
- 3 min
University Students in Iran Punished for Protesting Widespread Poisoning of Iranian Schoolgirls
As the Women, Life, Freedom protests in Iran sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 continue, the government crackdown...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Mar 14
- 3 min
Academic Crackdown Intensifies in Iran as Conservative Cleric is Appointed
As the anti-government protests in Iran chanting “Women, Life, Freedom” have entered their sixth month, the Islamic Republic continues to...
New University in Exile Consortium
- Mar 6
- 1 min
Women’s Lives in Iran: Between the Religious-Traditional and New Horizons: Free 10-Week WEBINAR
Hosted on Zoom – Register here for link Tuesdays March 14 – May 16, 2023 1pm-2:30pm Eastern Time Description: This 10-week online seminar...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Feb 1
- 3 min
New Report Details Ongoing Violations of Academic Freedom, Unjust Expulsions in Iran
As the Women, Life, Freedom revolution in Iran sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death carries on into 2023, the Iranian regime continues to...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Jan 3
- 2 min
Petition Penned by Academics Urges President Biden to Support Iranian Student Protestors
A letter penned and signed by academics around the world is being circulated to urge President Biden to take more substantial political...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Nov 30, 2022
- 3 min
Iranian Authorities Begin Issuing Death Sentences for Detained Anti-Regime Protestors
After weeks of widespread anti-regime protests on behalf of Mahsa Amini, the Islamic Republic of Iran has begun issuing death sentences...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Nov 14, 2022
- 3 min
Iranian Human Rights Group Protests Government Crackdowns on University Students
As the anti-regime protests that started in the wake of Mahsa Amini’s murder by the state enters its tenth week in Iran, Iran Human...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Nov 3, 2022
- 3 min
Iranian Student Protestors Persist Amidst Brutal Government Crackdowns 40 Days After Amini’s Death
On October 26th, students and citizens across Iran rallied together in coordinated marches and demonstrations as part of their on-going...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Oct 10, 2022
- 3 min
Iranian University Students Met with Police Force After Protesting the Violent Death of Mahsa Amini
Following the wrongful death of 22-year-old Iranian Mahsa Amini on September 16th, the reverberations of which have been felt around the...
Dolunay Bulut
- Oct 8, 2022
- 4 min
MESA Committee on academic freedom letter concerning protests in iran
Photo credit: Twitter On October 6, 2022, Middle East Studies Association (MESA) published an open letter condemning the violent...
Dolunay Bulut
- Aug 16, 2022
- 2 min
Iran temporarily released Fariba Adelkhah Following Nuclear Deal Negotiations
Colleagues of Adelkhah hold placards depicting her as they gather in Paris on January 13, 2022. Photo credit || Thomas Coex, AFP On...
Zeynep Guney
- May 16, 2022
- 2 min
URGENT: Halt the execution and immediately release Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali
On May 4, Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency reported that Iran’s judiciary was taking steps to carry out its death sentence against...
Maryam Mushtaq
- Apr 19, 2022
- 2 min
Release Morad Tahbaz
Endangered Scholars Worldwide continues to condemn the ongoing unwarranted detention of Iranian, dual national, and international...
Dolunay Bulut
- Jan 22, 2022
- 2 min
Fariba Adelkhah Reincarcerated in Iran
Photo credit: The Guardian Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that on January 12, 2022, anthropologist Fariba Adelkhah, who has been...
Ebby Abramson
- Aug 10, 2021
- 2 min
Iran Must Release Academic and Political Prisoners Who Contracted Covid-19 on Medical Grounds
Iran, one of the countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, has temporarily released around 85,000 prisoners due to the fear of...
Ebby Abramson
- Mar 1, 2021
- 2 min
Iranian Professor Jailed After Attending Training Course in Czech Republic
On Friday, February 12, 2021, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that a court in Tehran has sentenced Reza Eslami, a dual...
Ebby Abramson
- Feb 8, 2021
- 2 min
British-Iranian Anthropologist Kameel Ahmady, Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison, Escapes Iran
A British-Iranian anthropologist who was sentenced to nine years and three months in jail in Iran for “cooperating with a hostile state...
Ebby Abramson
- Dec 2, 2020
- 2 min
Iran Temporarily Halts Execution of Swedish-Iranian Academic Ahmadreza Djalali
On December 2, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide (ESW) learned that Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-Swedish specialist in emergency...
Ebby Abramson
- Nov 29, 2020
- 2 min
Kylie Moore-Gilbert Arrives in Australia after two Years of Detention in Iran
Australian university lecturer Kylie Moore-Gilbert is finally on home soil following a two-year detention ordeal in Iran. On Wednesday,...
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