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Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Persian Hospitality Continues to Make Iran Destination of Choice for World's Intellectuals

More 'hostages' of Iran's military-dictator, Ayatollah Khamenei, soon to be first religious marshall in history in possession of nuclear weapons, in all likelihood.

On the heels of Iran's tourism boom after Ahmadi-Nejad's 'capture' of British soldiers, we have this :

An Iranian-American scholar from a Washington-based think tank was arrested yesterday in Iran after months of house arrest, the State Department confirmed today.

Haleh Esfandiari, an Iranian-American with dual citizenship, had her passport taken from her in December and has now been taken to Ervin Prison, according to a statement by her employer.