Kian Tajbakhsh
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Statement from White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Kian Tajbakhsh...of the international community when it violates universal rights, and continues to imprison innocent people. We call on the Islamic Republic of Iran to release Mr. Tajbakhsh, and to respect the human rights of those within its borders." In this article: Kian Tajbakhsh, Robert Gibbs, White House, Iran, and United States |
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Yahoo! News | 3 days ago
White House slams charges against Iranian-US scholar (AFP)
...during a … WASHINGTON (AFP) - The White House on Thursday slammed as "baseless" the new charges levied against Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh, jailed in Iran for his alleged role in post-election unrest. "The United States...
In this article: White House, United States, Robert Gibbs, George Soros, Democracy, Open Society Institute, Fars News Agency, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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America.gov | 2 days ago
Statement on Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh
...in Iran without access to an independent lawyer since July 9, 2009. The charges against Mr. Tajbakhsh are baseless, and his original sentence on October 20 was an outrage. The Iranian government cannot earn the respect of the international...
In this article: United States, Iran, Robert Gibbs, Bureau of International Information Programs, Department of State, and White House
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washingtonpost.com | 3 days ago
New spy charge against jailed Iranian-American
...a human rights group said Thursday. The new charges raise the possibility of a harsher penalty against Kian Tajbakhsh, a 47-year-old scholar who was in Iran working on a book when he was arrested at his home nearly five months ago amid...
In this article: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Tehran, Defendant, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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According to the Free Kian website, Tajbakhsh was allowed to leave Evin Prison ... http://www.huffingtonpost<wbr>.com/2009/07/10/kian-tajbakhsh<wbr>-iran-arres_n_229724.html ...
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www.huffingtonpost.com
Kian Tajbakhsh: Iran Arrests First American Citizen
NEW YORK — An Iranian-American scholar whom Iran once accused of fomenting political unrest has been ... Huffpost - Kian Tajbakhsh: Iran Arrests ...
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www.freekian09.org
About Kian Tajbakhsh | Free Kian '09
Information on the arrest in Iran of Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh and demand for his release. ... Petition to release Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh: 1074. Petition at New School for ...
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enduringamerica.com
Iran: More on Kian Tajbakhsh and Tehran's "Velvet Revolution ...
Iran's American Prisoner: The Case of Kian Tajbakhsh (Continued with 15 Years in Jail) Iran: How the Regime Constructed the "Velvet Revolution" The
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Sting Makes Appeal for Kian Tajbakhsh and Iranian Detainees ...
The false imprisonment of Iranian/American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh and 100 other activists involved in the ongoing democracy movement in Iran deserves our
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www.columbiaspectator.com
Columbia Ph.D. Kian Tajbakhsh detained in Iran
... Kian Tajbakhsh and many others in Iran," Bollinger said in a statement issued to ... alumni, Iran, Iran election, John Coatsworth, Kian Tajbakhsh, Lee Bollinger, ...
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Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh (کیان تاجبخش) is an Iranian-American scholar, social scientist and urban planner. He is a dual citizen of the United States and Iran, and has taught at both American and Iranian universities. Dr. Tajbakhsh is also an international expert in the areas of local government reform, urban planning, public health, and social policy. He has consulted for several Iranian government organizations, including the Municipalities Organization, the Social Security Organization, and the Ministry of the Interior, and with international nongovernmental organizations such as the World Bank, the Open Society Institute, and the Netherlands Association of Municipalities. His work in Iran has included evaluating humanitarian relief and rebuilding projects in the aftermath of the devastating 2003 earthquake in Bam.
Dr. Tajbakhsh's academic research examines the evolving nature of Iranian state institutions and the policy-making process in Iran. In 2006, he completed a three-year study of the local government sector in Iran. He is the author of two books, The Promise of the City: Space, Identity and Politics in Contemporary Social Thought (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 2001), and Social Capital: Trust, Democracy and Development (Tehran: Shiraze Publishers 2005, in Persian). He has also published numerous scholarly articles, as well as non-academic writings on cinema and culture.
From 1994 until 2001, Dr. Tajbakhsh taught Urban Policy and Politics at the New School for Social Research in New York City. He received his BA from Imperial College, London in 1983, his M.Sc. from University College, London in 1984, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1993. He is a member of the American Sociological Association and the Iranian Sociological Association. For a brief period Dr Tajbakhsh was an advisor to the Soros Foundation Open Society Institute. He discontinued his work with OSI following his 2007 arrest.
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