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    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...
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    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...
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    Student Activist Maryam Shafipour Released from Prison
    Ebby Abramson
    • Apr 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Student Activist Maryam Shafipour Released from Prison

    Maryam Shafipour, 29, was released from a women's wing of Evin Prison in Tehran on Thursday July 16, 2015. She was arrested in July after...
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    Mohammad Hossein Rafiee
    Ebby Abramson
    • Apr 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Mohammad Hossein Rafiee

    In Brief Mohammad Hossein Rafiee, a retired Tehran University professor and member of the Meli-Mazhabi (National-Religious) Alliance and...
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    Homa Hoodfar
    Ebby Abramson
    • Apr 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Homa Hoodfar

    In Brief Homa Hoodfar, a professor at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, was detained in Tehran’s infamous Evin prison on June 6,...
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    Bahareh Hedayat
    Ebby Abramson
    • Apr 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Bahareh Hedayat

    In Brief Bahareh Hedayat, a student activist and women’s rights defender, was arrested on December 31, 2009. After nearly seven years in...
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    Hamid Babaei
    Ebby Abramson
    • Apr 25, 2019
    • 2 min

    Hamid Babaei

    In Brief Status: Released In October 2019, Iranian authorities have released Hamid Babaei, 36, a PhD student at the University of Liege...
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    Mostafa Alavi
    Ebby Abramson
    • Apr 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Mostafa Alavi

    In Brief In August 2008 Mostafa Alavi was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by an Iranian court for “plotting against the regime.” He...
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    Yashar Darolshafa
    Ebby Abramson
    • Apr 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Yashar Darolshafa

    In Brief Yashar Darolshafa, a graduate student of Sociology at Tehran University and the former secretary of the Islamic Reformist...
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    Saeed Madani
    Ebby Abramson
    • Apr 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Saeed Madani

    In Brief In June 2013 sociologist and political activist Saeed Madani was sentenced to six years in prison and ten years in exile on...
    94 views1 comment
    Letter of Appeal on Behalf of XiYue Wang Imprisoned Graduate Student in Iran
    Ebby Abramson
    • Sep 12, 2018
    • 1 min

    Letter of Appeal on Behalf of XiYue Wang Imprisoned Graduate Student in Iran

    On September 12, 2018 Endangered Scholars Worldwide transmitted a letter of appeal to the Iranian Government and the US Department of...
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    Tehran University Student Activist Sentenced to Seven Years
    Ebby Abramson
    • Sep 5, 2018
    • 2 min

    Tehran University Student Activist Sentenced to Seven Years

    On September 5, 2018 Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that a University of Tehran photography student was sentenced to seven years...
    7 views0 comments

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