Family, friends and colleagues of a prominent American scholar imprisoned in Iran are appealing for her release. Haleh Esfandiari was jailed on May 8 after more than four months under virtual house arrest. She is the director of the Middle East program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Esfandiari is a dual U.S. and Iranian citizen. She went to Iran last year to take care of her 93-year-old mother. This is former congressmember and Wilson Center director Lee Hamilton.

Lee Hamilton: “The Wilson Center’s plea to the Iranian government is simple: Let Haleh go. Let her return to her husband, her family and her work.”