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[The CIVIS Newsroom ](https://civis.eu/en/the-civis-newsroom) 2. The CIVIS alliance is calling upon the Iranian authorities to stop the execution of Dr Ahmadreza Djalali The CIVIS alliance is calling upon the Iranian authorities to stop the execution of Dr Ahmadreza Djalali ========================================================================================================== General 17 December 2020 ### Free Ahmadreza Jalali! ![](/storage/files/ahmad-reza-jalali-by-voa-persian-cropped.jpg) The European University Alliance CIVIS expresses its deepest concern about the particularly disturbing news it has received about Dr Ahmadreza Jalali. Dr Djalali is a renowned scientist, specialized in emergency and disaster medicine, from the Karolinska Institute (Stockholm, Sweden), and visiting professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), as well as at the Università Degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale (Italy). Arrested in 2016 during an academic trip to Iran, he was sentenced to death in 2017 for espionage, after an unfair trial. On Tuesday November 24 2020, Dr Jalali called his wife to bid farewell. He was placed in isolation and informed by the Iranian judicial authorities that he would soon be executed. Numerous human rights and academic freedom organizations have been mobilizing for his release over the past three years, including many universities, which have repeatedly expressed their deep concern about Dr Jalali's fate and his appalling conditions of detention and interrogation, and called for demonstrations in his favour. CIVIS joins the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and its EUTOPIA Alliance in calling on the Iranian authorities to prevent the imminent execution of Dr Djalali, to review his case urgently, and to act with mercy and a respect for academic freedom by releasing him from his charges. It also urges the Swedish and Belgian governments, as well as the European Commission, to use all means in their power, through all diplomatic and political channels, to obtain the rapid and unconditional release of our esteemed colleague. Eric Berton, Rector, Aix-Marseille Université Thanos Dimopoulos, Rector, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Marian Preda Rector, University of Bucharest Annemie Schauss, Rector, Université libre de Bruxelles Rafael Garesse, Rector, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Antonella Polimeni, Rector, Sapienza University of Rome Astrid Söderbergh Widding, President, Stockholm University Bernd Engler, Rector, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen For further information, please visit [Scholars at risk](https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/2020/11/iran-halt-execution-and-release-disaster-medicine-scholar-ahmadreza-djalali/). - [ press-release-free-ahmadreza-jalali-dec-2020-2.pdf (PDF, 430 KB) ](https://civis.eu/storage/files/press-release-free-ahmadreza-jalali-dec-2020-2.pdf) Related news ------------ - [ ![](https://civis.eu/storage/files/greencarb7-800x600.jpg?token=712f0b091be488273795e6069fdecb4c)Tracing carbon in Greenland’s melting fjords CIVIS Highlights 28 September 2026 ](https://civis.eu/en/the-civis-newsroom/tracing-carbon-in-greenland-s-melting-fjords) - [ ![](https://civis.eu/storage/files/ulb-students-podcast-800x600.jpg?token=1407eb1085f4f87e8ae7380632871c8e)In between classes, students take the mic CIVIS Highlights 24 September 2026 ](https://civis.eu/en/the-civis-newsroom/in-between-classes-students-take-the-mic) - [ ![](https://civis.eu/storage/files/eloise-gennet-800x600.jpg?token=eeba5f64d6ca692c4cf84ac262c2e9a2)Éloïse Gennet: A Civizen Building an Integrated European university People 22 September 2026 ](https://civis.eu/en/the-civis-newsroom/eloise-gennet-a-civizen-building-an-integrated-european-university) [Discover all our stories](https://civis.eu/en/the-civis-newsroom) [ Launch of the fith CIVIS Open Lab at Université libre de Bruxelles ](< https://civis.eu/en/the-civis-newsroom/launch-of-the-fith-civis-open-lab-at-universite-libre-de-bruxelles >) [ A CIVIS e-journey into Nano ](< https://civis.eu/en/the-civis-newsroom/a-civis-e-journey-into-nano >) ![CIVIS – Europe’s Civic University Alliance](https://civis.eu/build/assets/civis-CCpvK1nT.svg) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Europe’s Civic University Alliance ![Co-funded by the European Union](https://civis.eu/build/assets/co-funded-by-the-european-union-DSKLW1us.png)Views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). 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