According to news reports, Kian Tajbakhsh—who has been imprisoned in Iran since the summer presidential election—will be temporarily released for the Iranian New Year.
According to news reports, Kian Tajbakhsh—who has been imprisoned in Iran since the summer presidential election—will be temporarily released for the Iranian New Year.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has responded to the letter sent in January by Columbia faculty regarding the detainment of scholar Kian Tajbakhsh in Iran.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has responded to the letter sent in January by Columbia faculty regarding the detainment of scholar Kian Tajbakhsh in Iran.
On Sunday, students and professors who know Kian Tajbakhsh—an urban planner who earned his Ph.D. from Columbia and was slated to teach here this semester—publicized a letter lobbying for his release from Iranian prison.
On Sunday, students and professors who know Kian Tajbakhsh—an urban planner who earned his Ph.D. from Columbia and was slated to teach here this semester—publicized a letter lobbying for his release from Iranian prison.
Instead of teaching at Columbia's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, urban planning scholar Kian Tajbakhsh is in solitary confinement.
Instead of teaching at Columbia's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, urban planning scholar Kian Tajbakhsh is in solitary confinement.
Kian Tajbakhsh, an Iranian-American urban planner who was supposed to teach at Columbia this semester, has been detained along with scores of dissenters and is on trial in Iran for fomenting a “velvet revolution.”
Kian Tajbakhsh, an Iranian-American urban planner who was supposed to teach at Columbia this semester, has been detained along with scores of dissenters and is on trial in Iran for fomenting a “velvet revolution.”
Kian Tajbakhsh, a scholar who earned his Ph.D. in urban planning from Columbia, has been detained in Iran once again, according to news reports and a Web site maintained by the New School, and the U.S. Department of State and University President Lee Bollinger are calling for his release.
Stay tuned for updates.
Kian Tajbakhsh, a scholar who earned his Ph.D. in urban planning from Columbia, has been detained in Iran once again, according to news reports and a Web site maintained by the New School, and the U.S. Department of State and University President Lee Bollinger are calling for his release.
Stay tuned for updates.