Iran imprisons physicist from University of Texas

May 6, 2011

Politics

Solitary cell in Iran (generic image)

Iranian News Sources: Omid Kokabi, an Iranian post doctoral researcher at University of Texas, was detained while visiting his family in Iran, on charges of "relationships with enemy states." Kokabi belongs to Sunni minority and was among the top performers in Iran's Science Olympiad. He is reportedly kept in Iran's notorious Evin prison/dungeon.

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