Iran to execute Iran-Swedish scientist
Amnesty International said the charges against Ahmadreza Djalali are unfounded and Sweden spoke to Iran about his case.
A leading human rights group and the Swedish government are demanding Iran halt the imminent execution of an Iranian-Swedish scientist.
Ahmadreza Djalali is now in solitary confinement in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison and has been told by prosecutors he will be put to death within a week, Amnesty International said in a statement on Tuesday.
The London-based organization’s deputy director for the Middle East said the decision constitutes a human rights violation.
“It is appalling that despite repeated calls from UN human rights experts to quash Ahmadreza Djalali’s death sentence and release him, the Iranian authorities have instead decided to push for this irreversible injustice,” said Diana Eltahawy, citing a document from the UN’s Human Rights Council.
