In the News: Haleh Esfandiari Leaves Iran

From the New York Times:

An Iranian-American academic imprisoned for months and accused of trying to create a ‘’soft revolution” in Iran was permitted to leave the country and rejoin her family, her lawyer and family said Monday.

Haleh Esfandiari, 67, who was released on bail in August, picked up her passport and flew late Sunday from Iran to Austria, where her sister lives, said her daughter, Haleh Bakhash.