Sign the Petition to Free Iranian HIV/AIDS Doctor

Dr. Arash Alaei and his brother Dr. Kamiar Alaei are HIV/AIDS doctors who were arrested in Iran in 2008 while researching. In January 2009 they were convicted of “communicating with an enemy government” for attending conferences and working with international health organizations to find solutions to HIV/AIDS. Dr. Kamiar Alaei was released in the fall of 2010 after serving 870 days in prison. Dr. Arash Alaei was sentenced to six years in prison and is currently being held in Evin Prison in Tehran.

Alaei Brothers, Silva Harotonian, and Mohammad Ehsani Court Rulings — English

English text of the court ruling against the Alaei brothers, Silva Harotonian, and Mohammad Ehsani. Original documents in Farsi.

Court Documents Show Obsession with Alleged US Intelligence Actions Led to Unfair Convictions

(28 May 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has obtained copies of court rulings against four individuals prosecuted and sentenced to prison terms because they allegedly worked in cooperation with the United States government to instigate a “soft revolution.”

The four prosecuted individuals are Drs. Arash and Kamiar Alaei, Silva Harotonian, and Mohammad Ehsani. Arash Alaei is serving a six-year sentence and the other three defendants are each serving three-year sentences.

Alaei Brothers, Silva Harotonian, and Mohammad Ehsani Court Rulings — Farsi

Original PDF documents of the court rulings against Drs. Kamiar and Arash Alaei, Silva Harotonian, and Mohammad Ehsani. Documents are in Farsi.

Dr. Kamiar Alaei

(UPDATED) Dr. Kamiar Alaei is a doctoral candidate at the SUNY Albany School of Public Health in Albany, New York and was expected to resume his studies there in the fall of 2008.