The Daily Times of Pakistan has published another op-ed by Pamela Kilpadi about Kian’s continued detention. She writes,
There are many things I had hoped to discuss with Kian—about research, books, music—during our reunion in Lahore. I speak for Kian’s scholars in Pakistan and around the world as well as myself when I say that Kian […]
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Today’s Washington Post carried this editorial calling once more for the release of all the detainees:
Let Them Go
Iran should immediately release the U.S. citizens it has detained.
After spending months in solitary confinement in Iran’s infamous Evin prison, Haleh Esfandiari was released on bail on Tuesday.
Ms. Esfandiari, 67, is one of four American citizens being held by Iranian […]
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The Open Society Institute has issued a statement on Haleh’s release on bail and Kian’s continuing ordeal. It says:
We welcome the long-overdue release of Dr. Haleh Esfandiari from Evin prison and eagerly expect news that Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh will also be set free. Dr. Tajbakhsh, a distinguished scholar who committed no crime, has now been unjustly imprisoned […]
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PEN released a statement welcoming Haleh’s release and calling attention to Kian’s continued imprisonment:
New York, NY, August 21, 2007—PEN American Center welcomed today’s release on bail of Dr. Haleh Esfandiari, Director of the Middle East Program for the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and also a dual U.S. and Iranian citizen. Dr. Esfandiari was prevented […]
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Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) today released the following statement after news reports that the Iranian government has released Dr. Haleh Esfandiari on bail:
“I join Dr. Esfandiari’s friends and family in relief and joy at today’s news that, after more than 100 days of unjust imprisonment, she has been released by the Iranian government. This […]
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Kian has been held in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison for more than 100 days now, and has still not been allowed to see a lawyer. Our only sight of him has been in the contrived “documentary” on Iranian television, for which he was made to read a coerced statement.
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Mehrangiz Kar, Iranian human rights lawyer and a former prisoner in Evin herself, has written the following op-ed to mark the hundredth days of Haleh’s and Kian’s imprisonment:
Haleh Esfandiari has spent hundred days in solitude and may spend more. Kian Tajbakhsh has spent hundred days in solitude and may spend more. Nothing is known from […]
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New York Senator and Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton released the following statement this week:
“This week marked the 100th day of detention for Iranian American scholars Dr. Haleh Esfandiari, head of the Middle East Progam at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and development consultant Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh.
They have been imprisoned in Tehran […]
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Dermot Dix, an Irish friend of Kian’s, wrote this piece for the Dubliner Magazine:
My friend Kian and I sometimes joke about ‘I’ countries: he is from Iran, I am from Ireland, and the last two countries where we met are Italy and India. Kian was arrested in Tehran on May 11th and has been held […]
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Some of Kian’s friends and colleagues here in New York have joined us to make short video clips sharing their stories about Kian and their thoughts on his current situation.
Nidhi Srinivas, Assistant Professor at the Milano School of Management and Urban Policy, speaks about Kian from the office they once shared, where some of Kian’s […]
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Below is some footage of last month’s vigil for the detainees at UN Plaza:
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