Newly Disclosed Arrest Reflects Iran’s Crackdowns on Foreign Nationals, Academics
Fariba Adelkhah, an anthropologist at Sciences Po University in Paris, who was arrested in Iran Newly Disclosed Arrest Reflects Iran’s Crackdowns on Foreign Nationals, Academics TERRORISM 22 OCTOBER 2019 EMPTY By Jubin Katiraie It was reported on Wednesday that the Iranian government was holding a second French academic. The disclosure adds to the international outcry over the questionable detention of Fariba Adelkhah, an anthropologist at Sciences Po University in Paris, who was arrested in Iran. Iran frequently maintains a veil of secrecy over arrests, criminal investigations, and prosecutions. This secrecy may be enforced with particular vigor in cases that are politically sensitive or likely to generate negative public attention. In April 2016, the Iranian-British dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested and accused of being “one of the leaders” of this network. But the then-37-year-old mother had been traveling with her young d...