Iran picks up British Iranian scientist

dubai - Iran detains a British-Iranian academic for security reasons. That was what state media reported on Sunday on the basis of statements made by a justice spokesman.

On Wednesday, the human rights organization CHRI, based in New York, announced the arrest but that was not confirmed at the time. It is about Abbas Edalat who is a computer science professor at Imperial College in London. Local media reports that Edalat was part of 'an infiltration network with ties to Britain. '

The British Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that it was eager to search for information about the arrest. Iran now holds at least three people with both British and Iranian nationality.

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