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DUBAI Iran has detained an Australian-based academic on charges of trying to “infiltrate” Iranian institutions, according to official media.
Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi was detained as she was leaving Iran, the state news agency IRNA said.
Population control has become a sensitive issue in Iran since Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued an edict in 2014 calling for a population increase after decades of state-promoted birth control. (REUTERS)
Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi was detained as she was leaving Iran, the state news agency IRNA said.
Population control has become a sensitive issue in Iran since Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued an edict in 2014 calling for a population increase after decades of state-promoted birth control. (REUTERS)
