Call for the Release of Dr. Ramin Jahanbegloo

Call for the Release of Dr. Ramin Jahanbegloo


A short biography of Ramin JahanbeglooJahanbegloo
received his PhD in philosophy from the Sorbonne in 1997, and then spent four years at the University of Toronto as lecturer and visiting scholar. While in Toronto, he established a vibrant intellectual forum, Agora, which for many Iranian-Canadians has remained synonymous with the name of Ramin Jahanbegloo, their charismatic and passionate teacher and friend.
After a year at Harvard, in 2002 he left for Iran, where he heads the Department of Contemporary Thought at the Cultural Research Bureau, in Tehran, Iran. For his complete profile, please visit the following websites:
http://raminj.iranianstudies.ca/
and http://releaseraminjahanbegloo.blogspot.com/

RECOMMENDED ACTION:Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible in Persian, Arabic, English or your own language, expressing concern for the safety of Ramin Jahanbegloo, who is detained incommunicado in Evin prison;
* seeking assurances that he is not being tortured or ill-treated;
* seeking full details of the reasons for his arrest, including any charges that may have been brought against him;
* calling on the authorities to release him immediately and unconditionally if he is not to be charged with a recognizably criminal offence and given a prompt and fair trial.
WRITE TO:The Right Honorable Stephen HarperPrime Minister of Canada,
Office of the Prime Minister,80 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A2 The Hon.
Peter MacKayMinister of Foreign Affairs
Lester B. Pearson Building, Room A-10125 Sussex DriveOttawa ON K1A 0G2Fax: (613) 996 3443
E-mail: peter.mackay@international.gc.ca
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic : His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei,
The Office of the Supreme Leader Shoahada Street, Qom, Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: info@leader.ir
or istiftaa@wilayah.org
Head of the Judiciary : His Excellency Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Ministry of Justice, Park-e Shahr, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: via Judiciary
website: Iranjudiciary.org/feedback_en.html
Your Excellency President: His Excellency Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
The Presidency, Palestine Avenue, Azerbaijan Intersection, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Fax: Via Foreign Ministry: +98 21 6 674 790
(mark: "Please forward to H.E. President Ahmadinejad") Email: dr-ahmadinejad@president.ir via website: www.president.ir/email