Iranian-British anthropologist held in Tehran amid tensions
A British-Iranian anthropologist who has studied child marriage and female genital mutilation in the Islamic Republic has been detained in Iran over unknown charges, his wife and activists said Wednesday, becoming the latest dual national held there amid tensions with the West.
Kameel Ahmady is imprisoned in Tehran's Evin prison, where other dual nationals detained by the Revolutionary Guard are held, and is the first British citizen known to be held since Prime Minister Boris Johnson took office last month.
Ahmady was been held since Sunday, his wife Shafagh Rahmani said on Instagram. She said Ahmady faced a one-month detention order as unknown investigators pursue a case against him.
