Iran-American held 10 months in Iran returns to LA
Associated Press / Shaya Tayefe Mohajer
14-Aug-2009 (one comment)

By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER (AP) – 2 hours ago

LOS ANGELES — A graduate student detained for nearly a year in Iran has returned to Los Angeles.

Esha Momeni (ESH'-ah moh-men-EE') was detained Oct. 15 while researching women's rights in Iran for her thesis at California State University, Northridge.

The 29-year-old student was charged with acting against Iran's national security and held for a month, mainly in solitary confinement.

Northridge spokeswoman Carmen Ramos Chandler says Momeni has returned safely and has already met with her college adviser.

Momeni has dual U.S. and Iranian citizenship. She was freed from an Iranian prison in November after her father posted bail, but she remained in Iran under a travel ban

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Proud_To_Be_Anonymous

Khosh galdeen!

by Proud_To_Be_Anonymous on Fri Aug 14, 2009 06:42 PM PDT

I announced this yesterday in my blog because I saw her myself.  Here is the link to the CSUN's official news release:

//blogs.csun.edu/news/2009/08/14/esha-momeni/


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