Swedish-Iranian academic faces 'imminent' execution in Iran
Rights groups are urging Iranian authorities to halt their planned execution of Ahmadreza Djalali.
Swedish-Iranian doctor Ahmadreza Djalali was transferred to a new prison in Iran where he now faces imminent execution, his wife and rights groups said Tuesday.
Djalali’s wife, Vida Mehrannia, told the Iran Human Rights group that Djalali's lawyer was informed he would be moved at 5 p.m. Tuesday to Rajai Shahr Prison, the facility that holds most death row inmates.
“Ahmadreza Djalali is at imminent risk of execution and only a strong and urgent reaction from the international community can save his life,” Iran Human Rights director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam said in a statement.
Djalali is a physician who specializes in disaster medicine and previously lectured at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He traveled to Iran to attend a conference in April 2016 and was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence officials after arriving.
