International Herald Tribune: Scholar accused of spying leaves Iran; another stays in jail
An Iranian-American scholar accused of spying who had been imprisoned for more than three months left Iran on Sunday, but another scholar remains jailed on similar charges.
The scholar, Haleh Esfandiari, 67, director of the Middle East Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, left Iran late on Sunday after authorities returned her passport. It was taken away in January, when she came to Iran to visit her ailing mother. She was jailed in May on security-related charges and was released last month.
The other scholar who was arrested with Esfandiari in May, Kian Tajbakhsh, an urban planner with ties to the Open Society Institute of the Soros Foundation, was still being held despite promises of his release to his family.
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