Masoud Soleimani

Masoud Soleimani (; born 31 August 1970) is an Iranian medical professor. He was imprisoned in the United States on October 25, 2018, pending trial. He was held until his release on December The crime he was charged for would usually result in fine but in this case the imprisonment seemed to be politically motivated. "I don’t see any evidence that there was criminal intent here," says Clif Burns, a lawyer at Crowell & Moring in Washington DC who specializes in national-security law, including export controls and trade sanctions.[3][4].11, 2019, in a prisoner swap for Xiyue Wang.On December 8, 2019, president Donald Trump thanked Tehran for "a very fair negotiation" and said: "See, we can make a deal together!".[6] Soleimani had been invited by the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota to lead a research program; upon his arrival in the United States, he was arrested and transferred to a prison in Atlanta. Following the prisoner swap, charges were then dismissed. Provided by Wikipedia