A spokesman for the Iranian judiciary said at a news conference on June 16 that an "infiltrator" from the United States had been sentenced. He was proved to have collected information in Iran and participated in espionage activities, and received "direct instructions" from the United States. Iran's Mizan News Agency provided the name and nationality of the "infiltrator", saying that he had contacts with American and British intelligence agencies.
According to the report, the 37-year-old King Xiyue speaks Persian, electronically archived 4,500 pages of Iranian documents and conducted "top secret research" for the State Council, Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University and British Persian Institute.
According to the evidence provided, the student said in the annual report of the British Persian Institute (20 15-20 16) that he had some trouble searching for information in the archives and libraries in Tehran. An employee of the British Persian Institute provided help, and within a few days, he got in touch with a senior scholar in the Iranian National Archives.
Daniel Day, a spokesman for Princeton University, confirmed to The New York Times that the doctoral student in history was arrested in Iran and called him a Chinese-American. He said that the school had heard about the arrest of students in the past few months and had been trying to get them released in a low-key way.
According to the statement issued by the school, the student specialized in Eurasian history from 19 to the early 20th century, and was arrested in the summer of 20 16 while studying the Kazar dynasty in Iran. Since then, the school has been trying to coordinate with family members, the US government, private consultants and others.
According to the website of the History Department of Princeton University, Wang Xiyue is a doctoral student in the History Department of Princeton University, enrolled on 20 13, and her main direction is world/global/transnational history. Looking up the LinkedIn resume homepage of the student, I found that he studied "Eurasian history, Islam and nationalism" at Princeton University. Previously, he received master's and bachelor's degrees from Harvard University and Washington University. 20 10-20 1 1 as a Pashto translator of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and 201/as a research analyst of Eurasia Capital Company in Ulaanbaatar. His Facebook page was updated with a photo of a woman and a child, possibly his family, in June 5438+this year 10.
The State Council issued a statement saying that the Iranian government continued to detain American citizens and other foreigners for "fabricated crimes related to national security", and the United States called on Iran to immediately release all American citizens unjustly detained.