Maryam Jameel
An Iranian-American scholar spoke at Northwestern about her experiences and arrest in Iran’s Evin Prison.
Driving to the airport in Tehran, Iran, Haleh Esfandiari noticed a car following her.  It suddenly turned in front of her and slammed its breaks.  Esfandiari found herself surrounded by three knife-wielding men who searched her purse and took her passport.
Esfandiari, author of My Prison, My Home, is Director of the Middle East program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C.  She is an Iranian-American who was detained in Iran’s Evin …