They Thought, Why Not Iran? The Decision Upended Their Lives. – The New York Times

They Thought, Why Not Iran? The Decision Upended Their Lives. (Published 2021)

An Iranian-American couple’s relocation to Iran after their daughters went off to college in the United States was a mistake paid for in accusations of spying, murky prosecution and prison.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/world/middleeast/Iran-American-prisoner-Shargi.html

That decision upended their lives. Mr. Shargi is the latest dual American citizen arrested in Iran. He was sentenced on Nov. 30 to 10 years in prison on murky charges of national security violations, after a trial that he not only did not attend but had no idea had been taking place.