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Topic: Kian Tajbakhsh

Iranian trials continue for those arrested in Tehran
Former Iranian government spokesman Abdollah Ramezanzadeh (M) and Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh (L) are shown at a revolutionary court in Tehran on August 25, 2009 during the fourth trial of those arrested on charges of rioting following the disputed presidential vote in Tehran, Iran. UPI/Fars News agency .

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Iran sentences U.S. man to 12 years
TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- A man with dual American-Iranian citizenship was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison for protesting the Iranian presidential election, his lawyer said.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Charges filed against a U.S. citizen on trial in the revolutionary court in Tehran are completely without merit, U.S. State Department officials say.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Iran to release Americans held in Iran, including three hikers detained in late July.
TEHRAN, July 11 (UPI) -- An Iranian-American social scientist has been arrested by Iranian security forces in Tehran and his home ransacked, family members say.
TEHRAN, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Kian Tajbakhsh, a consultant to the Soros Foundation, was expected to be freed from an Iranian prison soon, a spokesman for the judiciary said Tuesday.
TEHRAN, May 29 (UPI) -- An Iranian-American woman has been formally charged with plotting to overthrow the government, Iranian officials said Tuesday.
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