Iran: Further information on arbitrary arrest/unfair trial/ prisoners of conscience

Iran: Further information on arbitrary arrest/unfair trial/ prisoners of conscience

Index Number: MDE 13/007/2009
Date Published: 23 January 2009
Categories: Iran

Doctors Arash and Kamiar Alaei learned on 19 January 2009 that they had been sentenced to six and three years' imprisonment respectively, for "cooperating with an enemy government". Amnesty International considers them prisoners of conscience, as they appear to have been imprisoned solely in relation to their work with international and specifically US institutions in the field of HIV and AIDS prevention and treatment.