Iranian state television has released a video about an American doctoral student imprisoned for more than a year on spying charges, raising concerns that his case is being used to pressure U.S. officials amid escalating tensions between the two countries. Xiyue Wang, a naturalized American and graduate student at Princeton University, was arrested in Tehran in August 2016 and recently lost his appeal of a 10-year prison sentence. On Saturday, a state television station published a video accusing Mr. Wang of working with the...

Source: Wall Street Journal November 28, 2017 19:44 UTC