American Scholar Released from Iranian Jail

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American Scholar Released from Iranian Jail

Carnegie's Iran expert, Karim Sadjadpour, a friend of Haleh Esfandiari, talks about the case with NPR's Melissa Block.

By Karim Sadjadpour

Published on Aug 21, 2007

Source: NPR's All Things Considered

Haleh Esfandiari, an Iranian-American scholar and director of the Middle East program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, who had been jailed for months in Iran, has been freed on bail.

Carnegie's Iran expert, Karim Sadjadpour, a friend of Esfandiari, talks about the case with NPR's Melissa Block.

Click here to listen to the interview.

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.

Recent Work

Q&A
What’s Keeping the Iranian Regime in Power—for Now
- Aaron David Miller, Karim Sadjadpour, Robin Wright
Q&A
How Washington and Tehran Are Assessing Their Next Steps
- Aaron David Miller, David Petraeus, Karim Sadjadpour

Political Reform North America United States Middle East Iran

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