POSTED BY HANK REICHMAN Today, August 7, marks the third anniversary of the detention in Iran of Princeton University graduate student Xiyue Wang. Wang, a Chinese-born naturalized U.S.citizen who previously worked as a translator in Central Asia, was conducting doctoral research on Iran’s Qajar dynasty that ruled from 1785 to 1925 when he was arrested…
BY HANK REICHMAN Princeton University graduate student Xiyue Wang, arrested by Iranian authorities for alleged espionage, has now been in prison for over 900 days (see previous posts on this case here and here). February 20 will be a “day of action” in support of the imprisoned scholar, which will include a “call-a-thon” and rally…
POSTED BY HANK REICHMAN A group of 120 academics and human rights activists of Iranian origin have called on Iran to free imprisoned Princeton University graduate student Xiyue Wang, who was arrested in Tehran by agents of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry in 2016 while he was conducting archival research and sentenced to ten years in prison…