Stop the execution of Iranian physician

EJD joins the global medical community's and World Medical Association - WMA's plea for stopping the execution and ordering the immediate and unconditional release of Dr. Djalali by the Iranian authorities.

Read the full call by WMA.

This follows reports that Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali, a specialist in emergency medicine, could be executed next week. Dr. Djalali, an Iranian-born Swedish doctor, was arrested six years ago and sentenced to death on alleged espionage charges in October 2017, since when he has reportedly been tortured and held in solitary confinement.