Kian Tajbakhsh

Amir Hossein Ardebili, Iranian Lured In Sting, Sentenced To 5 Years By U.S.

politico.com | Laura Rozen | Posted 12.15.2009 | World

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A federal judge in Wilmington, Delaware sentenced an Iranian citizen to five years prison today in a case that some export control lawyers said may se...

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Kian Tajbakhsh, Iranian-American Academic, Gets 12 Years For Election Unrest

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran ignored appeals by Hillary Rodham Clinton and even rock star Sting and sentenced an Iranian-American academic to 12 years in...

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Freed Academic Haleh Esfandiari: 'Iranians Want Evolution, Not Revolution'

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.01.2009 | World

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Every two or three years, there has been a wave of protests like this in Iran. But this time I think there has been a fundamental change.

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Kian Tajbakhsh: Iran Arrests First American Citizen

AP | DESMOND BUTLER | Posted 08.10.2009 | World

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NEW YORK — An Iranian-American scholar whom Iran once accused of fomenting political unrest has been arrested by authorities there for the secon...

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