OSI Decries Iranian Stalling Tactics, Calls for Release of Distinguished Scholar


NEW YORK, September 18 /PRNewswire/ --

The Open Society Institute calls for the immediate release of Dr. Kian
Tajbakhsh, who remains in an Iranian prison despite numerous promises that he
was to have been set free by now.

Dr. Tajbakhsh, a renowned Iranian-American scholar, has been detained in
the infamous Evin Prison for more than 130 days. He is held in solitary
confinement even though the Iranian authorities have announced repeatedly
that the investigation has concluded, and that he would be released soon.

We call for an end to this unjust ordeal and demand that Dr. Tajbakhsh be
allowed to return to his family immediately, before the imminent birth of his
first child.

Web site: http://www.soros.org

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