Tajbakhsh

Secretary of State responds to calls for CU scholar’s release

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.

By Amber Tunnell | Feb 15 01:38 am ET

Bollinger calls for for release of detained Iranian scholar

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.”

By Joy Resmovits | Sep 7 08:36 pm ET

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