Iran confirms detention of London-based professor on security charges
Xinhua,April 30, 2018 Adjust font size:
TEHRAN, April 29 (Xinhua) -- A professor at London Imperial College has been detained on security charges, a Iranian Judiciary spokesman said on Sunday.
"Accusations are security-related and he is under detention," Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei said in a press conference.
Mohseni Ejei refrained from giving more details.
It was announced here on Friday that members of a "spying team" linked to Britain have been arrested in Iran.
According to Tehran Times, Abbas Edalat, a British-Iranian citizen and a professor of computer sciences and mathematics at London Imperial College, is among those arrested.
Edalat had travelled to Iran to attend an academic workshop, the reports said. Enditem