[Reader-list] [Fwd: [Free Kian] Kian Update: 11 Weeks in Prison; Coerced TV Footage]

[Rana Dasgupta]

this concerns the cousin of a friend of mine in new york who after 20 
years in the US he returned to Iran to teach urban studies.  he married 
there and is expecting a child.  he was recently arrested for espionage.

http://www.freekian.org/about-kian/


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Subject: [Free Kian] Kian Update: 11 Weeks in Prison; Coerced TV Footage
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:39:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Free Kian <info at freekian.org>
Reply-To: list-admin at freekian.org
To: FreeKian-now at freekian.org

Dear friend,

Kian was arrested 11 weeks ago today.  He has now been in Evin Prison 
for more than seventy days.  We thank you again for your signature to 
the petition and your support.

As you may know, Iranian television recently broadcast footage of Kian 
and Haleh Esfandiari in a deceptive fake ?documentary? purporting to 
show evidence of the charges against them.   Their statements to an 
unseen interviewer or interrogator are spliced together with other 
unrelated footage, while two commentators make false connections between 
their work and a supposed plot to undermine the government.   Both Kian 
and Haleh appear to be speaking under coercion and following some sort 
of script imposed by their interrogators.  We are outraged at this abuse 
of their dignity and the blatant falsehoods in this propaganda piece. 
More information about the TV footage and responses to it can be found 
at the Free Kian Campaign website, http://www.FreeKian.org.  We are 
continuing to add more material to the website, and next week will be 
sharing video clips of some of Kian?s friends speaking about his case.

Please continue to raise awareness and support us in the campaign to 
free Kian, Haleh, and the other detainees in Evin Prison, and encourage 
others to sign the petitions and speak out on their behalf.

Thank you,

The Free Kian Campaign