Worldwide Academics Deplore the Latest Round of Executions of Political Dissidents in Iran
New York USA May 13, 2010
To: The UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-Moon; The UN Commissions on Human Rights and Status of Women; The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay; the UN Special Rapporteur against torture, Manfred Nowak; Amnesty International Claudio Cordone and Marcia Poole; the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Hadi Ghaemi, Executive Director
CC: Mr. Ali Khamenehi; IRI Officials and Press Release worldwide
Ladies and Gentlemen
Execution of political prisoners in Iran
The current wave of execution of political prisoners of conscience, as evidenced by the latest hanging of five detainees on Sunday 9th of May 2010 in the notorious Evin prison has once again alarmed the international community about human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2010/05/100509_l01_execution_kamangir.shtml
The IRI has once again resorted to some of the harshest repressive tactics of curtailing freedoms especially since last June’s infamous presidential elections, in the dire hope of holding its iron grips over the people of Iran.
We invite the international agencies such the UN to leverage all necessary measures to hold the rulers of Iran accountable to such violations and executions of political dissidents. We demand governments worldwide to stipulate the pre-condition of safeguarding of human rights and human dignity in all dealings with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
We the signatories herein condemn unequivocally the current regime records of human rights violations and indeed all violence inflicted by any political force in Iran. We firmly believe in due process and independent legal representation of the accused, and remain against capital punishment. We strongly believe that the prerequisite context for the long-term solution to current problems in Iran is the renunciation of violence on all sides.
Signatories:
Abghari Siavash,
Professor of Finance & Director, Morehouse College, Atlanta, USA
Abghari Shahla
Professor of Microbiology ,Life University, Atlanta, USA
Afshar Ali
Professor Polytechnic Institute of NYU, USA
Afshar Haleh OBE
Professor the Baroness AcSS, Department of Politics, University of York, UK
Afshari Reza
Professor of History, Pace University, New York, USA
Akbari Hamid
Audrey Reynolds Distinguished Teaching Professor; North eastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois USA
Alamdari Kazem
Professor of Sociology, California State University, Northridge, USA
Baghi Heibatollah
Professor of Biostatistics, George Mason University, VA, USA
Barati Mehran
Free University Berlin-Germany, Research Unit Globalization and Int’l Politics, Germany
Bastani Bahar MD
Professor of Medicine - Nephrology and Director of kidney transplantation at Saint Louis University, USA
Behdad, Sohrab
Professor of Economics, Denison University, USA
Bina Cyrus
Distinguished Research Professor of Economics; University of Minnesota, USA.
Boroujerdi Mehrzad
Professor, Middle East Institute, Washington Syracuse University, USA
Darvishpour Mehrdad
Malardalen University ,Sweden
Daryaee Touraj
Howard Baskerville Professor in the history,University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
Farhang Mansour
Professor of Political Science, Bennington College, Vermont, USA
Farhang Jahanpour
Associate Fellow, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford
Ganjbakhsh Amir Hossein
Senior Investigator, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD ,USA
Gorji Ali
Professor of Neuroscience Research and Neurophysiology; Munster University, Germany
Haghighatjoo Fatemeh
Visiting Scholar, Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston, MA, USA
Hashemi Nader
Assistant Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, CO, USA
Jafari Marzie
Professor and Dean; The City University of New York Lehman College, New York, USA
Jahanbegloo Ramin
Professor, University of Toronto, Canada
Kamaly Hossein
Fanny de Bary Asst. Professor, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Barnard College, USA
Kangarlu, Alayar
Professor of Medical Physics, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, USA
Kar Mehrangiz
Visiting Scholar, Cape Town University
Karam Ghassan
Prof. Pace University ;Economics Department, Pace University; Pleasantville NY USA
Karimi-Hakak Mahmood
Professor Department of Creative Arts, Siena College, New York, Artistic Director, Mahak International Artists Inc, Albany, New York of Theatre, NY, USA
Keddie Nikki
Professor Emerita of History, UCLA ;Santa Monica, CA, USA
Keshavars Fatemeh
Professor and Chair, Asian & Near Eastern Languages and Literatures Washington University in St. Louis, IN, USA
Khorrami Mohammad Mehdi
Professor, Persian Language and Literature New York University Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies 50, NY USA
Khosrokhavar Farhad
Professor, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France
Kian Azadeh
Professeur de sociologie, Directrice du CEDREF Université Paris-Diderot-Paris, France
Mahdavi Mojtaba
Assistant Professor , Department of Political Science, University of Alberta, Canada
Mahdi Akbar
Professor of Sociology, Ohio Wesleyan university, OH, USA
Malekahmadi Farshad
Associate Professor of Sociology, Naugatuck Valley Community, College, CT, USA
Mehdi Mansouri
Ph.D., Associate Professor, Herzing University, USA
Melikian Assieh
Associate Professor of Environmental Health Medicine, New York University, USA
Milani Abbas
Hamid and Christina Moghadam Director of Iranian Studies Stanford University, CA, USA
Moaddel Mansoor
Professor of Sociology, Eastern Michigan University, MI, USA
Moghissi Haideh
Professor and Associate Dean, FLAPS, York University, Canada
Mohammadi Majid
Professor; Stony Brook Institute for Global Studies; Stony Brook/New York
Monshipouri Mahmood
Associate Professor, Dept. of Int’l Relations, San Francisco State University, CA, USA
Mousoli Reza
BSc (Hons) MSc FHEA CED MBCS, Senior Lecturer, Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent, United Kingdom
Navab Mohamad
Professor, Project Leader, Cardiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Nayeri Ali
Assit. Prof of Theoretical Physics, Chapman University & University of California, Irvine
Niroomand-Rad Azam
Professor Emeritus, , PhD, DSc, DACR, FAAPM, FACMP; Fellow, Past President of International Organization for Medical Physics, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Nomani Farhad
Professor of ecomomics, Chair of department of economics, The American university of Paris, Paris , France
Paivandi saeed
Professor; University Paris 8; Paris, France
Pakravan Karim
Associate Professor ;DePaul University;Jackson;Chicago IL 60604
Parsa Misagh
Professor of Sociology, Dartmouth College, NH, USA
Rakei Ali
Theoretical Physicist, Washington DC, USA
Rahnema Saeed
Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, York University, Canada
Rahni Davood
Professor of Chemistry, Pace University New York, NY, USA
Sabetian Manoucher
Consultant surgeon. MB BS, FRCS, Ex-President Iranian PEN in Exile, United Kingdom
Sadeghi Nader MD, FRCSC
Associate Professor of Surgery, Dir. Head & Neck Surgery George Washington,USA
Sebti Reza
Research assistance, Department of Philosophy, University of Alberta, Canada
Shariatmadari Hassan
Theologian and Philosopher, former Director of Publication Department of Dar-al-Tabligh Islami ( 1973-80), Publisher and Chief Editor of Pyam Shadi and Nasle. Germany
Shirazi, Arman Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, CSM North America
Talattof Kamran
Professor, University of Arizona, AZ, USA
Tehrani Ali
Professor of Engineering, Conestoga College, Canada
Tohidi Nayereh
Professor & Chair, Department of Gender & Women’s Studies, California State University, Northridge, CA, USA
Zangeneh Hamid
Professor of Economics, Widener University, Pennsylvania, USA
Ziai Hossein
Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar Chair in Iranian Studies, Director of Iranian Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA, CA, USA