Nobel Laureates Speak Out for Imprisoned Scholar Ahmadreza Djalali

A global consortium of 153 Nobel Laureates has issued a letter expressing concern for imprisoned disaster medicine scholar Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali. The consortium’s latest letter—they began writing on Dr. Djalali’s behalf in November 2017—was issued in light of news that Iranian authorities are preparing to carry out the death sentence against Dr. Djalali.

25th November 2020

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Dear Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei:

Beginning in November 2017 I have written on behalf of a consortium of Nobel Laureates about the plight of a medical scholar, Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali, who was arrested on an academic visit to Tehran in April 2016. We wrote again in 2018 and in 2019 and support continues to grow.

Attached is a list of 153 Nobel Laureates supporting this cause. We would urge you to attend to this case personally and make sure that Dr. Djalali is treated humanely and fairly and is released as soon as possible.

We respectfully request that you direct the Iranian authorities to allow Dr. Djalali to return home to his wife and children and continue his scholarly work for the benefit of mankind.

Yours sincerely,

Sir Richard Roberts Ph.D., F.R.S.