A young American’s worst nightmare has come true for Xiyue Wang. Imagine going to a foreign country to conduct research for your degree program in college and being arrested and detained in that foreign country on spying charges. Although he was born in China, he became a United States citizen and was a graduate student in history at Princeton University. To make matters worse, at first he was identified as being Iranian-American, to then finally be recognized as an American citizen. Wang is in custody awaiting trial now, his charge being “gathering information”. He can appeal his sentence, having twenty days to do so from the sentence date.
Princeton University and Wang’s family members are desperate and in shock at how the Iranian government
Princeton University and Wang’s family members are desperate and in shock at how the Iranian government