According to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, at least 87 students and 9 professors remain in jail. Scholars featured in previous issues who remain in prison in Iran include: farzad kamanger, a Kurdish-Iranian teacher sentenced to death in February 2008 on charges of "endangering national security"; dr. MOSTAFA alavi, an Iranian doctor and researcher sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment in August 2008 for "plotting against the regime"; drs. arash and kamiar alaei, two AIDS researchers who were sentenced to three and six years, respectively, in January 2009 for "seeking to overthrow the Iranian government"; and behrooz javidtehrani, a student activist and prisoners' rights campaigner arrested in 2005 for membership in an illegal organization.
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