An American graduate student who was jailed for more than three years in Iran is headed home after a prisoner swap.
December 7, 2019, 4:29 PMA 38-year-old Princeton University graduate student, Xiyue Wang, had been held on espionage charges since 2016.for more than three years in Iran is headed home after a prisoner swap.
This photo provided by the U.S. State Department, U.S. special representative for Iran, Brian Hook stands with Xiyue Wang in Zurich, Switzerland on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019.President Trump said Wang had been held under the"pretense" of espionage." Wang, who is married with a son, was a Eurasian history scholar. He traveled to Iran in 2016 to study Persian and conduct research for his dissertation.
This photo provided by U.S. Embassy Switzerland, Edward McMullen greets Xiyue Wang in Zurich, Switzerland on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019.He was transparent about what he wanted to study and why, according to the university, and about his desire to access documents housed at Iranian libraries and archives.
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