Last four survivors released at Ramadan TEHRAN, Iran––All eight living Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation cheetah conservationists who were sent to Iranian prisons for alleged espionage in 2018 are reportedly now free. The last four imprisoned Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation personnel were released as the governments of Iran, Israel, and the U.S. exchanged warnings about […]
Iran to keep six cheetah conservationists in prison. Two more await fate.
Sentences of six to 10 years come amid violent repression of anti-government protests & five-day Internet shutdown TEHRAN, Iran––The Iranian theocracy headed by Hassan Rouhani on November 20, 2019 celebrated “victory” over six days of public protest over fuel prices soaring by as much as 300%––and sent a warning to the protesters––by sentencing six of eight […]
Authoritarian Iranian & Brazilian regimes menace animal defenders
Iranians sought to save endangered cheetah. Glenn Greenwald exposed corruption in anti-animal Brazilian government. TEHRAN, RIO DE JANEIRO––Eight imprisoned Iranian cheetah conservationists and Brazilian resident Glenn Greenwald, editor of the U.S.-based online political periodical The Intercept, have in common almost nothing except that they are animal advocates whose lives are in jeopardy under authoritarian […]
Panda people put in a word for cheetah people facing death in Iran
World Wildlife Fund “stands in solidarity” with researchers charged with alleged espionage GLAND, Switzerland––The World Wildlife Fund “stands in solidarity with eight Iranian men and women on trial in Tehran this month on charges linked to their conservation work,” WWF announced from headquarters in Gland, Switzerland on February 22, 2019. The World Wildlife Fund declaration comes four […]
What if the cheetah defenders on trial for their lives were pit bulls?
Voice of America notices “the sounds of silence” from animal advocates TEHRAN, Iran––If Iranian cheetah conservationists Taher Ghadirian, Houman Jowkar, Morad Tahbaz, and Niloufar Bayani were pit bulls accused of “sowing corruption on earth,” facing the death penalty for killing someone, tens of thousands of animal advocates worldwide would long since have signed online […]
Trial of Iranian cheetah defenders facing death penalty begins
“Evidence” is reportedly “confession” extracted from female defendant under torture––who then retracted it TEHRAN, Iran––The closed-door trial of eight Iranian cheetah researchers and conservationists for alleged “corruption on earth,” espionage, and “conspiracy against national security” is to resume on Saturday, February 2, 2019, and is expected to continue on Sunday, February 3, 2019. All […]