It has been over 30 months since Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-Swedish citizen and a scholar of disaster medicine was arrested in Iran. On October 19, 2018, Djalali underwent an operation in Tehran’s Taleghani Hospital on October 17. This operation took place after Djalali suffered a month of severe pain and the denial of medical treatment. The 45-year-old professor, who taught at the European Master in Disaster Medicine (EMDM) in Italy—a joint master’s program of the Univers

Iran’s Supreme Court has rejected a request to review the death sentence given to Ahmadreza Djalali, a university professor accused of passing information to Israel. On February 6, 2018, Djalali's lawyer, Zeinab Taheri, said, “The judge rejected our request on Sunday in less than an hour. We will file a new request with the Supreme Court to demand that the dossier be read, given the sensitivity of the case.” The 45-year-old professor, who taught at the European Master in Disa

Iranian state TV has aired what it calls a confession by Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-Swedish academic who has been sentenced to death on charges of spying for Israel during nuclear talks with world powers. The video aired late December 17, 2017 and was prepared by Iran's Intelligence Ministry. In the video, a narrator speaks over images of a purported "interview" with Djalali that is crosscut with archive footage, accusing him of being a "traitor" and of having been recruit

We, the undersigned, are compelled to express our outrage at the arrest, conviction, and sentencing of Iranian professor Ahmadreza Djalali, who has been detained since April 2016 by the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was accused of espionage and, following a closed trial, sentenced to death on October 20, 2017. The 45-year-old professor, who taught at the European Master in Disaster Medicine (EMDM) in Italy—a joint master’s program of the Università degli Studi del Piemonte Or

Iran's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence against Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-Swedish academic convicted of espionage, as Amnesty International and his family reported Tuesday. The 45-year-old professor taught at the European Master in Disaster Medicine (EMDM) in Italy—a joint master’s program of the Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He was arrested on charges of “collaboration with a hostile government” while visiti

A judge in Tehran has ordered the death penalty for Iranian disaster-medicine researcher Ahmadreza Djalali, according to his wife, Vida Mehrannia, and diplomatic sources in Italy. The 45-year-old professor who taught at the European Master in Disaster Medicine (EMDM) in Italy—a joint Master’s program of the Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel—was arrested in April 2016 on charges of “collaboration with a hostile government” while

Ahmadreza Djalali, a professor who was arrested for suspected espionage in Iran, has been sentenced to death, his wife, Vida Mehran-Nia, informed Radio Free Europe. Djalali was arrested for “collaboration with hostile governments” and “acting against national security” while visiting Iran in April 2016 to participate in a series of workshops. The 45-year-old professor taught at the European Master in Disaster Medicine (EMDM) in Italy—a joint Master's program by the Universita

Ahmadreza Djalali, a professor who was arrested for suspected espionage in Iran, has been sentenced to death, his wife Vida Mehran-Nia informed Radio Free Europe. The 45-year-old professor who taught at the European Master in Disaster Medicine (EMDM) in Italy—a joined master's program by the Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel—was arrested in April 2016 while visiting family in Tehran. He spent more than seven months in solitary c