This is really interesting.
An Iranian-American academic returned to the United States on Thursday after being detained for eight months - nearly half that time in Tehran's notorious Evin prison - on charges that she had endangered national security.
Haleh Esfandiari, director of the Middle East Program for the Washington-based Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, said she was happy to be home with her family, the center said in a statement.
Esfandiari, 67, was accused by Iran's Intelligence Ministry of seeking a "soft revolution" by setting up networks of Iranians. Both she and the center denied the allegation. Officials confiscated her passport in January and sent her to the prison in May.
Iranian authorities had released her on bail in August and returned her passport over the weekend. She immediately left for Austria, where a sister lives.
Source: Academic Detained in Iran Returns to US - Forbes.com
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