In April 2017, Chinese-born American history student Xiyue Wang from Princeton University (United States) was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment in Iran on trumped-up charges of espionage. In August 2017, Wang’s appeal was denied. Yesterday, on 5 December 2017, Hua Qu, his wife, learned that he was transferred to a more extreme prison. In February 2017, Wang was charged with two counts of espionage, widely believed to be fabricated. **********XIYUE WANG TRANSFERRED TO MORE EXTREME PRISONDecember 5, 2017Dear friends,We woke to bad news today: Xiyue Wang learned that he's being transferred to Ward 7 or another, more extreme prison in Iran.

Source: Daily Mail November 14, 2024 11:19 UTC