Anoosheh Ashoori

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Anoosheh Ashoori is a British–Iranian businessman currently detained in Iran. Iranian authorities arrested Ashoori in August 2017, when he went to the country to visit his mother.[1][2] In August 2019, the Iranian judiciary sentenced Ashoori to 12 years in prison; 10 years for allegedly "spying for Israel's Mossad" and two years for "acquiring illegitimate wealth."[3], charges which Ashoori denies.[4]

Ashoori spent 10 years in the UK from 1972, while he studied mechanical and aeronautical engineering, returning to Iran to take care of his ailing father. He returned to the UK in 2005 to 'expand his business abroad'. British academics and Ashoori's family have stated that Ashoori's detention, and that of other jailed Iranian dual citizens, is connected to diplomatic disputes between Iran and the UK.[5]

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  1. ^ "Iran sentences 3 to long prison terms on spying charges". AP. 27 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Now Iran jails British businessman as 'spy'". Metro. 28 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Iran jails Iranian-British national for 10 years for spying for Israel: TV". Reuters. 27 August 2019.
  4. ^ "The detainees held 'hostage' in Iran". BBC News. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  5. ^ Shukla, Anu. "Son of jailed British-Iranian: 'My dad's never been political'". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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