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    URGENT: Halt the execution and immediately release Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali
    Zeynep Guney
    • May 16
    • 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...
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    Release Morad Tahbaz
    Maryam Mushtaq
    • Apr 19
    • 2 min

    Release Morad Tahbaz

    Endangered Scholars Worldwide continues to condemn the ongoing unwarranted detention of Iranian, dual national, and international...
    27 views0 comments
    Fariba Adelkhah Reincarcerated in Iran
    Dolunay Bulut
    • Jan 22
    • 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...
    21 views1 comment
    Iran Must Release Academic and Political Prisoners Who Contracted Covid-19 on Medical Grounds
    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...
    1,575 views0 comments
    Iranian Professor Jailed After Attending Training Course in Czech Republic
    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...
    25 views0 comments
    British-Iranian Anthropologist Kameel Ahmady, Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison, Escapes Iran
    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...
    2,053 views0 comments
    Iran Temporarily Halts Execution of Swedish-Iranian Academic Ahmadreza Djalali
    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...
    752 views0 comments
    Kylie Moore-Gilbert Arrives in Australia after two Years of Detention in Iran
    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,...
    452 views0 comments
    Australian Academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert Moved from Qarchak Prison in Iran to Unknown Location
    Ebby Abramson
    • Oct 26, 2020
    • 2 min

    Australian Academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert Moved from Qarchak Prison in Iran to Unknown Location

    On October 26, 2020 Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that University lecturer Kylie Moore-Gilbert, jailed in Iran for spying, has...
    88 views0 comments
    Iran Temporarily Releases French-Iranian Academic from Jail
    Ebby Abramson
    • Oct 7, 2020
    • 1 min

    Iran Temporarily Releases French-Iranian Academic from Jail

    Iran has temporarily released French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, detained in Iran since June 2019. Adelkhah was sentenced on May...
    158 views0 comments
    Australian Academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert Moved to Remote Prison in Iran Reportedly Rife with Covid 19
    Ebby Abramson
    • Jul 29, 2020
    • 3 min

    Australian Academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert Moved to Remote Prison in Iran Reportedly Rife with Covid 19

    University lecturer Kylie Moore-Gilbert, jailed in Iran for spying, has been moved for "punishment reasons" to the harsh Qarchak prison...
    78 views0 comments
    French President Macron Demands Tehran Release French-Iranian Academic
    Ebby Abramson
    • Jun 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    French President Macron Demands Tehran Release French-Iranian Academic

    On Friday June 5, 2020, French President Emmanuel Macron demanded Tehran release the Franco-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah. As we...
    107 views0 comments
    Fariba Adelkhah—French-Iranian Academic “Jailed for Six Years” in Iran
    Ebby Abramson
    • May 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    Fariba Adelkhah—French-Iranian Academic “Jailed for Six Years” in Iran

    On May 16, 2020, Iran’s judiciary handed French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah a five-year term for conspiring against national...
    163 views0 comments
    Iran Frees More than One Thousand Foreign Prisoners, but Not VUB Ahmadreza Djalali
    Ebby Abramson
    • Apr 29, 2020
    • 2 min

    Iran Frees More than One Thousand Foreign Prisoners, but Not VUB Ahmadreza Djalali

    Iranian authorities released around 1,000 prisoners earlier this week in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Iran’s overpopulated...
    124 views0 comments
    Open Letter to Release Iran’s Female Prisoners of Conscience During Pandemic
    Ebby Abramson
    • Apr 29, 2020
    • 3 min

    Open Letter to Release Iran’s Female Prisoners of Conscience During Pandemic

    ESW asks the officials of the Iranian government for the immediate and unconditional release of Farbia Adelkhah.
    65 views0 comments
    Iran Releases Academic Roland Marchal in Prisoner Swap—Hopes for Fariba Adelkhah’s Release
    Ebby Abramson
    • Apr 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    Iran Releases Academic Roland Marchal in Prisoner Swap—Hopes for Fariba Adelkhah’s Release

    Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that on March 21, 2020 Iran freed Roland Marchal after a prisoner swap with France. Marchal was...
    469 views0 comments
    Ebby Abramson
    • Jan 29, 2020
    • 6 min

    “I Have Lost Everything”: Iranian Students with Valid Visas Sent Home Upon Arrival at US Airports

    Last September, Reihana Emami Arandi boarded a flight from Tehran and made her way to Boston, eager to study theology at an Ivy League...
    605 views0 comments
    Letter of Appeal on Behalf of Kylie Moore-Gilbert Sentenced to Ten Years in Iran Prison
    Ebby Abramson
    • Jan 24, 2020
    • 3 min

    Letter of Appeal on Behalf of Kylie Moore-Gilbert Sentenced to Ten Years in Iran Prison

    The academic describes being kept in solitary confinement at Evin jail, Tehran
    1,402 views0 comments
    Another Iranian Student Deported from Boston Despite Court Order
    Ebby Abramson
    • Jan 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    Another Iranian Student Deported from Boston Despite Court Order

    On January 20, 2020, US Customs and Border Protection (CPB) officials at Logan International Airport denied entry to an Iranian national...
    767 views0 comments
    Xiyue Wang Released from Iranian Jail in Prisoner Swap
    Ebby Abramson
    • Dec 10, 2019
    • 2 min

    Xiyue Wang Released from Iranian Jail in Prisoner Swap

    We welcome the news that on December 6, 2019, XiYue Wang, a 37-year-old US citizen of Chinese descent who has been imprisoned in Iran...
    636 views0 comments
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