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After Five Years in Iranian Prison, Omid Kokabee Is Released [Updated]
By Rose Cahalan
Update, Wednesday, Aug. 31: A member of Kokabee’s family in Iran, who requested anonymity out of concern for their safety, said that Kokabee is feeling well...
Omid Kokabee Accepts Award From Behind Bars
By Rose Cahalan
In a letter from his prison cell in Iran, former UT graduate student Omid Kokabee has accepted a Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award from the American...
UT Graduate Student Jailed in Iran Pleads Not Guilty
By Rose Cahalan
Omid Kokabee, an Iranian graduate student at UT-Austin, has been imprisoned in Iran since February on espionage charges. He is accused of “communicating with...