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Ahmadreza Djalali, a Swedish-Iranian doctor investigating at the Karolinska Institutet in Solna, was arrested in Iran during a trip to a conference in 2016 and sentenced to death the following year on charges of espionage. Both the UN and the EU have demanded the release of Ahmadreza Djalali and various human rights organizations have become involved in his case. So far he has been imprisoned mainly in the infamous Evin Prison, outside the capital Tehran.
On Tuesday, Djalali’s wife, Vida Mehrannia, declared that he could soon be executed.
“Extreme abuse”
Ole Petter Ottersen expresses his despair:
– This is extreme abuse at all levels, not only against an individual researcher but against the entire academic community, he says.
The human rights organization Amnesty is reacting strongly to the news.
“This is extremely worrying information. Amnesty Sweden welcomes the fact that Foreign Minister Ann Linde has made direct contact with her counterpart in Iran, Mohammad Javad Zarif, and we urge other countries to do the same.” Anna Lindenfors, Secretary General of Amnesty Sweden, wrote in a statement. .
“Irrevocable injustice”
Diana Eltahawy, Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, also comments on the news.
“It is appalling that the Iranian authorities appear to have decided to go ahead with this irreversible form of profound injustice, despite repeated calls by UN human rights experts to release Ahmadreza Djalali and overturn the death sentence against him.” , wrote.
At the same time, Amnesty sends its thoughts to Djalali’s wife and children.
– Since he was arrested, we have been involved and what the family has gone through cannot even be imagined. All thoughts go to them, Ami Hedenborg, Swedish Amnesty press officer, tells TT.
Klara Stefansson / TT
Filip Norman / TT
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