Iran:Kian Tajbakhsh, an Iranian-American Scholar in Jail · Global Voices
Fred Petrossian

Kian Tajbakhsh is one of Iranian-American scholars who was arrested in Tehran.He was charged with trying to topple Iran's government. FreeKian.org is launched to support this scholar and to inform people about his situation.Iranian government has formally charged another Iranian-American, Haleh Esfandiari, with trying to topple the government. Tajbakhsh 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.