Detainee archive summary
Ahmadreza Djalali is documented as a living political prisoner or detainee in Iran. This is not a deceased memorial record.
- Name
- Ahmadreza Djalali
- Record type
- Political prisoner — living detainee
- City
- Tehran
- Arrest date
- 2016-04-25
- Prison
- Evin Prison
- Status
- sentenced
- Verification
- partially_verified
Emergency: Death row — risk of execution
A
SentencedPartially verified
Ahmadreza Djalali
- City
- Tehran
- Arrest date
- 2016-04-25
- Prison / detention
- Evin Prison
- Charges
- Espionage (denied; widely condemned as politically motivated)
- Health condition
- Deteriorating health reported during prolonged detention
Case summary
Swedish-Iranian physician and disaster-medicine scholar arrested in April 2016 and sentenced to death for espionage after proceedings condemned internationally as grossly unfair. He has been held in Evin Prison for a decade and remains at risk of execution; the European Parliament and UN bodies have repeatedly called for his release.
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Frequently asked questions
Swedish-Iranian physician and disaster-medicine scholar arrested in April 2016 and sentenced to death for espionage after proceedings condemned internationally as grossly unfair. He has been held in Evin Prison for a decade and remains at risk of execution; the European Parliament and UN bodies have repeatedly called for his release.
Sources & attribution
Cite as: Javid Archive (javidarchive.org) — link to individual profile sources when quoting.