Haleh Esfandiari
Haleh Esfandiari | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 3, 1940 |
| Citizenship | Iranian, American |
| Spouse | Shaul Bakhash |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | College of Mass Communication in Tehran Princeton University Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars |
Haleh Esfandiari (Persian: هاله اسفندیاری) (born March 3, 1940) is an Iranian-American academic and former Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. Her areas of expertise include Middle Eastern women's issues, contemporary Iranian intellectual currents and politics, and democratic developments in the Middle East. She was detained in solitary confinement at Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran for more than 110 days from May 8 to August 21, 2007.