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Iranian-American Academic Sent to Tehran Prison

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By Karim Sadjadpour
Published on May 14, 2007

Source: The Newshour with Jim Lehrer


Iran-American academic Haleh Esfandiari, director of the Middle East program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, was taken into custody Dec. 30 during a visit to Iran and interrogated for months. Last week, she was arrested and sent to Tehran's Evin prison. Carnegie's Karim Sadjadpour appeared on the Newshour with Former Rep. Lee Hamilton, president of the Wilson Center, to talk about her jailing and what cases such as hers say about Iran's regime.


Click here to listen to the broadcast or to read transcripts.

About the Author

Karim Sadjadpour

Senior Fellow, Middle East Program

Karim Sadjadpour is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on Iran and U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East.

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Karim Sadjadpour
Senior Fellow, Middle East Program
Karim Sadjadpour
Political ReformForeign PolicyNorth AmericaUnited StatesMiddle EastIran

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