INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE: CAIRO, Egypt: An Iranian-American academic who works at a Washington-based institute is being held in a notorious Iran prison after being prohibited from leaving the Mideast country for more than four months, the institute and her husband said Wednesday.
Haleh Esfandiari, the director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, was sent Tuesday to the Evin prison after she arrived at Iran's Intelligence Ministry for questioning, the center said in statement.
Iran has not confirmed that it is detaining Esfandiari, and officials in Tehran could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
"This is extremely disturbing news," said Esfandiari's husband, Shaul Bakhash, in a telephone interview from their home in Maryland. "I never expected they would jail a 67-year-old woman for no reason whatsoever." Iranian-American academic held in notorious Iran prison (more)
Mark Alexander
