Temporary end to "fear of execution"; after 10 days, Ahmad Reza Jalali was returned from quarantine to a general ward
Ahmad Reza Jalali, a dual-national prisoner sentenced to death in Iran who had been transferred to solitary confinement last week, has been transferred to the general ward of Evin Prison.
According to news published on social media, Ahmadreza Jalali, a physician and university professor sentenced to death in Iran, who had been transferred to solitary confinement for unknown reasons since Monday, August 28, was returned to the general ward of Evin Prison on Thursday, August 8.
Before being transferred to quarantine, this dual-national prisoner had somehow informed his family members that he might be being transferred to carry out his death sentence.
Amnesty International, upon releasing the news of Mr. Jalali's transfer to the general ward of the prison, has announced that this human rights organization's campaign in support of Ahmad Reza Jalali will not stop until he is released from prison and returns to his family in Sweden.
This human rights organization had previously called on the Islamic Republic's authorities to clarify Jalali's "status and place of detention" and to cancel his "death sentence."
Ahmadreza Jalali, an Iranian-Swedish physician, was arrested and imprisoned about two years ago when he traveled to Iran at the invitation of the University of Tehran. The Revolutionary Court sentenced Mr. Jalali to death on charges of passing classified information to the Mossad at the height of Iran’s nuclear program.
The issuance of the death sentence for Jalali and the release of his confessions drew criticism from human rights organizations and UN human rights experts.
According to Western analysts, the Islamic Republic uses dual nationals as hostages to extract money and privileges from Western governments. A number of American citizens, including Zhiyu Wang, Siamak and Bagher Namazi, and Michael White, are currently imprisoned in Iran.
There is also no information about the fate of Robert Levinson, another American citizen who disappeared in Iran more than twelve years ago.
The United States Department of State has repeatedly condemned the Islamic Republic's regime's arbitrary and unjustified detention of American and other citizens, including dual-national Iranians, and called for their immediate and unconditional release.
Source: Voice of America
