OSI Denounces Continued Detention of Iranian-American Scholar

OSI Statement on Iran's Blacklisting of International Organizations
January 5, 2010
The Open Society Institute is deeply troubled by the Iranian government's recent decision prohibiting cooperation with international organizations.

Open Society Institute Responds to Charges Against Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh
Press Release
November 26, 2009
The Open Society Institute is deeply dismayed by the charges of spying announced this week in Iran against Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh, an internationally respected scholar who is an American citizen. These charges are entirely without merit.

OSI Statement on the Sentencing of Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh
October 20, 2009
The Open Society Institute is dismayed by the unjust imprisonment and draconian sentencing of Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh. We call for his immediate release.

OSI Decries Iranian Stalling Tactics; Calls for Release of Distinguished Scholar
Press Release
September 18, 2007
The Open Society Institute calls for the immediate release of Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh, who remains in an Iranian prison despite numerous promises that he was to have been set free by now.

OSI Responds to Staged Television Appearances of Detained Iranian-American Scholars
Press Release
July 16, 2007
The Open Society Institute is disheartened by the Iranian government’s decision to stage television footage of coerced statements made by Iranian-American detainees Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh and Dr. Haleh Esfandiari.