Iran Detains British Academic
Arrest of dual Iranian-U.K. citizen comes at pivotal moment in nuclear diplomacy/ UNITED NATIONS—Iran has arrested a British-Iranian dual citizen who traveled to Tehran from London on an invitation to speak at an academic workshop, according to friends of his family and human-rights organizations. The arrest of Abbas Edalat, a professor of computer science and mathematics at Imperial College in London, comes at a time of particularly tense relations between Iran and the West over the fate of the nuclear deal. Europe has assumed the role of ...
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