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Iranian 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi requested the assistance of the UN Human Rights Council to end Iran's "arbitrary detention" of Iranian-American scholar Dr. Haleh Esfandiari [WWC...

Iranian Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Ejehei said Wednesday that new arrests have been made in the conspiracy cases against Dr. Haleh Esfandiari , director of the Middle East Program at the DC-based Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars...

Iranian judiciary spokesperson Alireza Jamshidi said Tuesday that government prosecutors have expanded their investigations against Iranian-American scholars Dr. Haleh Esfandiari , director of the Middle East Program at the DC-based Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Dr....

Iranian 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi Monday accused the Iranian government of interfering in judicial affairs to prevent the release of two US clients currently detained...

Iranian judiciary spokesperson Alireza Jamshidi said Tuesday that an Iranian judge will decide whether to proceed with indictments against three Iranian-Americans early next week, after the conclusion of preliminary investigations. Iran has formally charged Dr. Haleh Esfandiari...

Iranian-American scholar Dr. Haleh Esfandiari , currently detained by the Iranian government, is being denied access to counsel, according to her lawyer, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi . Esfandiari, director of the Middle East Program...

An Iranian judge said Wednesday that two detained Iranian-Americans had admitted to carrying out some "activities," but it is not clear if this is tantamount to admission of spying. In an interview with Iran's ISNA news...

President George W. Bush strongly condemned the Iran's detention of four Iran-Americans Friday, saying in a statement that "they should be freed immediately and unconditionally." Bush named Dr. Haleh Esfandiari , Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh ,...

An Iranian appeals court has acquitted human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani of charges related to espionage after he spent seven months in prison, Soltani said Monday. According to Soltani, the appeals court held that there...

Fifteen Nobel Peace Prize laureates sent a letter to United Nations member states Tuesday urging the UN General Assembly to explore an arms-trade treaty. The letter signers said they believe it "imperative for humanity that the...