Seven months after Iranian intelligence agents arrested and imprisoned him in Tehran, an Edmonton software engineer says he still feels trapped. They have leverage on me," Esfahbod said in an interview from his home in Edmonton. For Esfahbod, an accomplished software engineer who was working at Facebook in Seattle, the nightmare began Jan. 15 during a trip to Tehran. He was accused of endangering the security of the country and of having co-operated with organizations hostile to the regime. "I had always made the choice not to attack the Iranian regime," he said.

Source: CBC News August 27, 2020 13:00 UTC