Iran says jailed US student lost appeal, 10 year sentence upheld
The Princeton student was conducting dissertation research in Iran in 2016 when he was detained and charged with "spying under the cover of research," an accusation his family and university denied.
Xiyue Wang (Center), a naturalized American citizen from China, arrested in Iran while researching Persian history for his doctoral thesis at Princeton University.(photo credit: REUTERS)ByREUTERS