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JuLy 18, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Drs. Arash Alaei and KamiarAlaei Detained in Iran
Media Contacts:
Nathaniel Raymond
info phrusa.org
Tel: (617) 301-4200
Physicians for Human Rights today
urged the Iranian government to
end the incommunicado detention
of Drs. Arash ALaei and Kamiar
ALaei, two Iranian physicians who
have reportedLy been detained in Iran by Iranian authorities. The
physicians, who are brothers, were apparentLy arrested at the end of
June, 2008 and their current whereabouts are unknown. The doctors
are experts on HI V/AIDS and have worked for many years on HIV/AIDS
prevention and treatment activities in Iran and internationaLLy. PHR
caLLs on the government of Iran to discLose their whereabouts, provide
them access to Lawyers and famiLy, and either to charge them with an
internationaLLy recognized crime or reLease them immediateLy.
Dr. Kamiar ALaei is a doctoraL candidate at the SUNY ALbany SchooL of
PubLic HeaLth and is expected to resume his studies there this faLL. In
2007, he received Master of Science in PopuLation and InternationaL
HeaLth from the Harvard SchooL of PubLic HeaLth.
His brother Arash is the former Director of the InternationaL Education
and Research Cooperation of the Iranian NationaL Research Institute
of TubercuLosis and Lung Disease.
Since 1998, Dr. Arash ALaei and his brother, Kamiar ALaei, have been
carrying out programs deaLing with HIV/AIDS, particuLarLy focused on
harm reduction for injecting drug users in the war-torn province of
Kermanshah, on the West Coast of Iran.
Since 1986, the ALaei brothers have sought the integration of
prevention and care of HIV/AIDS, sexuaLLy-transmitted infections, and
drug-reLated harm reduction, into Ira ns nationaL heaLth care system.
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In addition to their work in Iran, the Ataei brothers have heLd training
courses for Afghan and Tajik medicaL workers and have worked to
encourage regionaL cooperation among 12 MiddLe Eastern and CentraL
Asian countries. They were key organizers of a tn-nationaL meeting in
2004 in Tehran to discuss harm reduction and substitution treatment
in Iran, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. At that meeting, Iran 's programs
proved to be inspiring roLe modeLs for the region, according to
medicaL experts who participated in the meeting. The Drs. ALaeis
work has addressed the most disadvantaged popuLations and patients
in the country.
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) mobilizes the health professions to
advance the health and dignity of all people by protecting human
rights. As a founding member of the International Campaign to Ban
Landmines, PHR shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize.
Date posted: July 18, 2008
Last updated: June 1, 2010
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