{"id":3408,"date":"2007-05-09T04:33:04","date_gmt":"2007-05-09T03:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/human-rights\/3408-iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report"},"modified":"2023-01-12T20:42:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T19:42:02","slug":"iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian-American academic jailed in Tehran: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"prison\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-30637\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2007\/04\/prison.gif\" width=\"150\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/>NEW YORK (AFP) &#8211; Haleh Esfandiari, an Iranian-American academic well-known in Washington where she leads a Middle East studies program, was jailed in Tehran after being barred from leaving the country four months ago, The New York Times reported.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Esfandiari, who led the Middle East program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, &quot;had endured repeated interrogations since December about her work there and was taken to Evin prison yesterday, where she was allowed one call to inform relatives that she had been jailed,&quot; The Times reported citing her employer. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Whatever they think my wife did seems to be in their imagination; she hasn&#8217;t done anything wrong,&quot; Shaul Bakhash, her husband and a well-known Iran expert, told the paper. &quot;I hope they realize that they made this mistake and let her return to her family,&quot; he was quoted as saying. <\/p>\n<p>Though she left Iran at the time of the 1979 Islamic revolution, Esfandiari returned to her home country to visit her ailing mother, her husband said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AFP) &ndash; Haleh Esfandiari, an Iranian-American academic well-known in Washington where she leads a Middle East studies program, was jailed in Tehran after being barred from leaving the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[175],"class_list":{"0":"post-3408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-human-rights","8":"tag-updated"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iranian-American academic jailed in Tehran: report - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"NEW YORK (AFP) - Haleh Esfandiari, an Iranian-American academic well-known in Washington where she leads a Middle East studies program, was jailed in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iranian-American academic jailed in Tehran: report - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NEW YORK (AFP) - Haleh Esfandiari, an Iranian-American academic well-known in Washington where she leads a Middle East studies program, was jailed in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-05-09T03:33:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-12T19:42:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/prison.gif\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"150\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"120\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff Writer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Staff Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Staff Writer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/faa3f340b6b1d5b52c6f80fd31e3a318\"},\"headline\":\"Iranian-American academic jailed in Tehran: report\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-05-09T03:33:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-12T19:42:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":182,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/prison.gif\",\"keywords\":[\"updated\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Iran Human Rights\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\\\/\",\"name\":\"Iranian-American academic jailed in Tehran: report - NCRI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/prison.gif\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-05-09T03:33:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-12T19:42:02+00:00\",\"description\":\"NEW YORK (AFP) - Haleh Esfandiari, an Iranian-American academic well-known in Washington where she leads a Middle East studies program, was jailed in\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/prison.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/prison.gif\",\"width\":150,\"height\":120,\"caption\":\"prison\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Iranian-American academic jailed in Tehran: report\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"NCRI\",\"description\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"alternateName\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"width\":402,\"height\":100,\"caption\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/iran_policy\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/faa3f340b6b1d5b52c6f80fd31e3a318\",\"name\":\"Staff Writer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c21de19190f725e92595482548338a79f86e108285678731010989a866684b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c21de19190f725e92595482548338a79f86e108285678731010989a866684b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c21de19190f725e92595482548338a79f86e108285678731010989a866684b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Staff Writer\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/modirncr\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Iranian-American academic jailed in Tehran: report - NCRI","description":"NEW YORK (AFP) - Haleh Esfandiari, an Iranian-American academic well-known in Washington where she leads a Middle East studies program, was jailed in","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iranian-American academic jailed in Tehran: report - NCRI","og_description":"NEW YORK (AFP) - Haleh Esfandiari, an Iranian-American academic well-known in Washington where she leads a Middle East studies program, was jailed in","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2007-05-09T03:33:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-01-12T19:42:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":150,"height":120,"url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/prison.gif","type":"image\/gif"}],"author":"Staff Writer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@iran_policy","twitter_site":"@iran_policy","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Staff Writer","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\/"},"author":{"name":"Staff Writer","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/faa3f340b6b1d5b52c6f80fd31e3a318"},"headline":"Iranian-American academic jailed in Tehran: report","datePublished":"2007-05-09T03:33:04+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-12T19:42:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\/"},"wordCount":182,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/prison.gif","keywords":["updated"],"articleSection":["Iran Human Rights"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\/","name":"Iranian-American academic jailed in Tehran: report - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/prison.gif","datePublished":"2007-05-09T03:33:04+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-12T19:42:02+00:00","description":"NEW YORK (AFP) - Haleh Esfandiari, an Iranian-American academic well-known in Washington where she leads a Middle East studies program, was jailed in","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/prison.gif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/prison.gif","width":150,"height":120,"caption":"prison"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iranian-american-academic-jailed-in-tehran-report\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iranian-American academic jailed in Tehran: report"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","name":"NCRI","description":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","alternateName":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","width":402,"height":100,"caption":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/faa3f340b6b1d5b52c6f80fd31e3a318","name":"Staff Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c21de19190f725e92595482548338a79f86e108285678731010989a866684b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c21de19190f725e92595482548338a79f86e108285678731010989a866684b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c21de19190f725e92595482548338a79f86e108285678731010989a866684b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Staff Writer"},"url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/author\/modirncr\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}