The Guardian - Prof Abbas Edalat points out that neither he nor his family sought or received consular support from the UK government. With respect to my return from Iran to the UK (British-Iranian academic detained in Iran since April returns to UK, 25 December), it should be pointed out that, during my detention and confinement, my family and ...

The Guardian - A British-Iranian academic and anti-war activist who was detained in Iran has returned to the UK. Abbas Edalat, a professor in computer science and maths at Imperial College London, had been held in custody since April, according to the Centre for Human Rights in Iran. Irans official IRNA news agency had reported that Edalat was ...

Bloomberg- Irans judiciary has confirmed the arrest of British-Iranian academic Abbas Edalat, the state-run Iranian Students News Agency reported. Accusations are security-related and he is under detention, judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei said, according to ISNA, which cited a press conference in Tehran. He declined to discuss the ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Despite the deal-breaking interventions of the French government in the latest round of talks between Iran and the six world powers to find a solution for Irans nuclear standoff, international observers are still hopeful that the talks today can yield significant results, satisfying the both sides and putting an end to the decade-long ...