Archive for August 2016

Unjustly Imprisoned Young Physicist Granted Conditional Release After Five Year

Omid  KOKABI

Omid KOKABI

August 29, 2016–Imprisoned Iranian scientist Omid Kokabee, who spent more than five years in Evin Prison for refusing to work on Iran’s military projects, was granted conditional release on August 29, 2016. Kokabee, currently on medical leave, was diagnosed with kidney cancer this past April after years of being denied proper medical treatment by prison authorities.

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