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Iran to keep six cheetah conservationists in prison. Two more await fate.

November 21, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Central Asia, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Islam, Laws, Religion & philosophy, Wildlife Tagged With: Abdolreza Kouhpayeh, Amir Hossein Khaleghi, Hadi Ghaemi, Houman Jowkar, Kavous Seyed-Emami, Maryam Mombeini, Mohammad Hossein Aghasi, Morad Tahbaz, Niloufar Bayani, Pouria Sepahvand, Sam Rajabi, Sepideh Kashani, Taher Ghadirian

Authoritarian Iranian & Brazilian regimes menace animal defenders

July 23, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Habitat, Wildlife Tagged With: Abdolreza Kouhpayeh, Amir Hossein Khaleghi, and Taher Ghadirian, Anna Jean Kaiser, Antonio Pasolini, David Miranda, Glenn Greenwald, Houman Jowkar, Kavous Seyed-Emami, Merritt Clifton, Morad Tahbaz, Niloufar Bayani, Sam Rajabi, Sepideh Kashani, Sergio Moro

Panda people put in a word for cheetah people facing death in Iran

February 25, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Canada, Central Asia, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Indian subcontinent, The Americas, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Abdolreza Kouhpayeh, Amir Hossein Khaleghi, Houman Jowkar, Merritt Clifton, Morad Tahbaz, Niloufar Bayani, Sam Rajabi, Sepideh Kashani, Taher Ghadirian

What if the cheetah defenders on trial for their lives were pit bulls?

February 6, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Islam, Religion & philosophy Tagged With: Abdolreza Kouhpayeh, Amir Hossein Khaleghi, Hossein Rahimi, Houman Jowkar, Kavous Seyed-Emami, Maryam Mombeini, Merritt Clifton, Michael Lipin, Morad Tahbaz, Niloufar Bayani, Pouria Sepahvand, Sam Rajabi, Sepideh Kashani, Taher Ghadirian

Iranian cheetah defenders face the death penalty

November 4, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Accused of “sowing corruption on earth”             TEHRAN,  Iran––Because fair trials in Iran are historically scarcer than the highly endangered Asiatic cheetah,  who survives only in remote habitat in the eastern part of the country,  the global conservation,  scientific,  and human rights communities are anxious as a cat on a hot tin roof about “espionage” […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Central Asia, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, India, Indian subcontinent, Islam, Laws, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Amirhossein Khaleghi, and Kavous Seyed Emami, Houman Jowkar, Kaveh Madani, Mahmoud Sadeghi, Mahtab Vahidi Rad, Maryam Mombeini, Merritt Clifton, Morad Tahbaz, Niloufar Bayani, Payam Derafshan, Sam Rajabi, Sepideh Kashani, Taher Ghadirian

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