Three top British rights groups wrote the Iranian Ambassador in Britain a letter demanding the release of the detained Iranian-American academics. They also expressed their concern over the general state of human rights in Iran.

We are gravely concerned that Tajbakhsh, Esfandiari and Shakeri have been charged in violation of their right to freedom of expression, as outlined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Iran is a signatory, and call for their immediate and unconditional release.

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