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Detained Iranian Americans Appear on Iranian TV

HeadlineJul 19, 2007

In Iran, two of the three imprisoned Iranian Americans have appeared on national television in a state-backed documentary. Haleh Esfandiari, director of the Middle East Program at the Washington-based Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, and urban planning consultant Kian Tajbakhsh have been jailed since May. They’re both charged with spying and endangering national security. On Wednesday, the state documentary showed the two admitting involvement in U.S.-funded political efforts in Iran but stopping short of making a confession.

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