In other news on Iran, the Iranian-American scholar Haleh Esfandiari has been allowed to leave Iran after spending four months in an Iranian jail. Esfandiari heads the Middle East Studies Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington. She was accused of promoting revolution in Iran. Two more Iranian Americans remain in jail in Iran: Kian Tajbakhsh, a consultant with the Open Society Institute, and peace activist Ali Shakeri.