JARAS: Tajbakhsh to be Released from Prison
According to the Jaras website, the most prominent Iranian opposition website, Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh, top researcher and sociology professor from Columbia University will be released from prison for Norooz, most likely by the end of today. Citing an unnamed source, Jaras is reporting that Dr. Tajbakhsh will be released by tonight or tomorrow. It appears […]
Lawyer says case against Tajbakhsh devoid of evidence
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran is asserting that the case against Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh “contains no evidence to support the allegations against him,” based on conversations with Tajbakhsh’s lawyer who has studied the prosecution’s entire case against Tajbakhsh. Tajbakhsh was sentenced to 15 years in prison for “espionage”. There is apparently […]
Iran Adds Espionage Charges Against Iranian-American
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has more very concerning news about Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh: Earlier this week, Tajbakhsh was brought in front of the Third Branch of the Security Court, which is a new court created and controlled apparently by the Revolutionary Guards to prosecute dissidents. He was charged with new […]
Iranian American pushed to center stage in show trial
State-funded Press TV reports on the latest person to be targeted in the trials today: Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh. Predictably, the forced confession describes a conspiracy to overthrow the Islamic Republic led by Iran’s top reformists. In a Tuesday court session in Tehran, Tajbakhsh, a former member of the Soros Foundation in Iran, said in […]
Friends, Family of Kian Tajbakhsh concerned about upcoming ‘show trial’
The following comes from an email from friends and colleagues of Kian Tajbakhsh, the Iranian American intellectual detained in Iran. We are extremely worried about Kian. The following has been approved by the family for posting. We have heard the show trials will start tomorrow, and there seems to be a distinct disconnect between heavy […]