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After Five Years in Iranian Prison, Omid Kokabee Is Released [Updated]

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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...

 
 

Free Omid

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Five years ago, a UT student was imprisoned in Iran. He’s still there. In a photo taken in the fall of 2010, Omid Kokabee stands on a bridge over Austin’s...

 
 

Omid Kokabee Accepts Award From Behind Bars

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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

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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...

 
 
 
 
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