{"id":3041,"date":"2019-08-03T09:57:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T07:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ki.se\/rektor\/?p=3041"},"modified":"2019-08-03T10:27:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-03T08:27:34","slug":"ahmadreza-djalali-a-plea-for-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ki.se\/rektor\/2019\/08\/03\/ahmadreza-djalali-a-plea-for-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahmadreza Djalali: A plea for justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Svensk version nedan<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today \u2013 August 2 2019 \u2013 I received an ominous piece of information from Austria <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ots.at\/presseaussendung\/OTS_20190802_OTS0033\/arzt-droht-im-iran-die-todesstrafe-aerztekammer-ersucht-republik-oesterreich-um-hilfe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indicating that the execution of Ahmadreza Djalali is impending<\/a>. According to TT\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aftonbladet.se\/nyheter\/a\/K3l9d7\/uppgift-djalali-kan-sta-infor-avrattning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aftonbladet<\/a> the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs has promised to get in touch with Iranian authorities without undue delay. \u00a0I trust they will deliver on their promise.<\/p>\n<p>All nations and diplomatic channels should now be called upon to engage in a plea for justice. There is hardly any doubt that Ahmadreza Djalai was sentenced to death on fabricated claims and that he was denied proper access to legal counsel and due process.<\/p>\n<p>The backdrop: About three years ago \u2013 on April 26, 2016 \u2013 KI alumnus and researcher Ahmadreza Djalali was arrested in Iran, accused of espionage and \u201cenmity with God\u201d. \u00a0About a year later, October 21, 2017, he was sentenced to death in a trial that will go into the history as a legal scandal. He was convicted for \u201cspreading corruption on earth\u201d and it was claimed that Djalali had had a deal with the Israeli regime.<\/p>\n<p>As I wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ki.se\/rektor\/three-years-in-prison-for-ahmadreza-djalali-now-we-must-increase-our-pressure-on-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an earlier blog<\/a> we are witnesses to one of the most serious offences ever committed against a researcher in modern times. Ahmadreza Djalali has endured more than three years in utmost uncertainty in the Evin prison in Tehran, with limited contacts with the outside world. His health has deteriorated in his harsh prison environment.<\/p>\n<p>The support for Ahmadreza Djalali has increased in strength over time. There has been engagement on the part of Nobel laureates, Amnesty International, individual politicians, academics, the European Parliament. This list could be made much longer.<\/p>\n<p>Djalali was arrested while on a lecture tour in Iran on disaster medicine. Yet he is now imprisoned and threatened with the death penalty. We are confronted with a situation that is utterly absurd. \u00a0Once more we must join forces in our demand for justice and freedom for Ahmadreza Djalali.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ahmadreza Djalali: En v\u00e4djan om r\u00e4ttvisa <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Den 2 augusti 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ots.at\/presseaussendung\/OTS_20190802_OTS0033\/arzt-droht-im-iran-die-todesstrafe-aerztekammer-ersucht-republik-oesterreich-um-hilfe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fick jag oroande information<\/a> om att KI-alumnen och forskaren Ahmedreza Djalalis avr\u00e4ttning kan vara n\u00e4ra f\u00f6rest\u00e5ende. Enligt TT\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aftonbladet.se\/nyheter\/a\/K3l9d7\/uppgift-djalali-kan-sta-infor-avrattning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aftonbladet<\/a> ska svenska UD lovat att omedelbart ta kontakt med iranska myndigheter. Jag litar p\u00e5 att s\u00e5 sker.<\/p>\n<p>Djalali sitter f\u00e4ngslad i Iran sedan mer \u00e4n tre \u00e5r och vi \u00e4r m\u00e5nga som engagerat oss i hans fall. Det r\u00e5der knappast n\u00e5gon tvekan om att han sitter f\u00e4ngslad och blivit d\u00f6md p\u00e5 falska grunder och utan grundl\u00e4ggande r\u00e4ttss\u00e4kerhet.<\/p>\n<p>L\u00e4s mer om Ahmadreza Djalali i <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ki.se\/rektor\/three-years-in-prison-for-ahmadreza-djalali-now-we-must-increase-our-pressure-on-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tidigare inl\u00e4gg h\u00e4r p\u00e5 bloggen<\/a>, d\u00e4r det ocks\u00e5 finns beskrivningar om bakgrunden till hans f\u00e4ngslande och mer information om vad omv\u00e4rlden g\u00f6r f\u00f6r att kr\u00e4va hans omedelbara frisl\u00e4ppande.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Svensk version nedan Today \u2013 August 2 2019 \u2013 I received an ominous piece of information from Austria indicating that the execution of Ahmadreza Djalali is impending. 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