Swedish-Iranian academic faces 'imminent' execution in Iran

Rights groups are urging Iranian authorities to halt their planned execution of Ahmadreza Djalali.
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A photo taken on Feb. 13, 2017, shows a flyer during a protest outside the Iranian Embassy in Brussels for Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian academic detained in Tehran for nearly a year and sentenced to death for espionage. - DIRK WAEM/AFP via Getty Images
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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.

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