US-Iran academic detained in Iran

Incidentally, the US is still holding Iranians hostage in Iraq.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6638657.stm

By Roger Hardy
BBC Middle East analyst



Leading Iranian-American academic Haleh Esfandiari
Haleh Esfandiari is one of the leading US authorities on Iran
A prominent US think-tank has said that one of its researchers has been detained in the Iranian capital Tehran.

The Woodrow Wilson Centre has said that Iranian-American academic Haleh Esfandiari had been repeatedly questioned by intelligence officials.

Ms Esfandiari, one of Washington's best known experts on Iran, was visiting Tehran to see her 93-year-old mother.

The incident comes at a time of continuing tension between the United States and Iran...

In December, as she was on her way to the airport to return to the United States, her taxi was stopped by three men who stole her belongings, including her Iranian and US passports.