{"id":3701,"date":"2021-02-03T13:50:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T13:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=3701"},"modified":"2021-02-03T13:50:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T13:50:28","slug":"british-academic-facing-jail-in-iran-makes-daring-escape-to-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/03\/british-academic-facing-jail-in-iran-makes-daring-escape-to-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"British academic facing jail in Iran makes daring escape to UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-38z03z\">A British Iranian dual national sentenced to nine years and three months in jail in\u00a0Iran\u00a0for co-operating with \u201ca hostile state power\u201d has smuggled himself out of\u00a0Iran, escaping over the country\u2019s treacherous mountainous border, and is now living in London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-38z03z\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3703\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/British-academic-facing-jail-in-Iran-makes-daring-escape-to-UK-rapidnews-rapid-news.jpg\" alt=\"British-academic-facing-jail-in-Iran-makes-daring-escape-to-UK-rapidnews-rapid-news\" width=\"982\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/British-academic-facing-jail-in-Iran-makes-daring-escape-to-UK-rapidnews-rapid-news.jpg 982w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/British-academic-facing-jail-in-Iran-makes-daring-escape-to-UK-rapidnews-rapid-news-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/British-academic-facing-jail-in-Iran-makes-daring-escape-to-UK-rapidnews-rapid-news-768x568.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-38z03z\">In an interview with the Guardian, Kameel Ahmady explained he felt had no option but to flee after spending nearly 100 days in Evin prison, including a brutal spell in solitary confinement while he was being interrogated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-38z03z\">\u201cOnce I had been sentenced I had a choice of whether I would stay and not see my family and four-year-old child until he was 14, or to risk fleeing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"rich-link-3\">\n<div class=\"css-16cuuq6\" data-print-layout=\"hide\" data-link-name=\"rich-link-0 | 0\" data-component=\"rich-link\" data-name=\"\">\n<div class=\"css-wz7t6r\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-ducv57\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/994f0cf7fadab711a112424fddb668cb76ef5603\/71_0_502_301\/master\/502.jpg?width=460&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c4a3ec165c3e43a7187f32a4d47456e3\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-upffb1\">\n<div class=\"css-m4qltb\">\n<div class=\"css-1gqsble\">Ahmady, a social anthropologist whose research revealed the extent of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Iran, was found guilty of conspiring with hostile foreign powers in November 2020, among other charges, but was released on bail pending his appeal. He was also fined more than \u00a3500,000.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"sc-pTSbw gOmWnw\">\n<p>Mr Ahmady instructed Channel 4 Information he escaped Iran whereas awaiting a court docket look and described the harrowing experiences he suffered whereas serving 100 days in solitary confinement in Evin jail, which has beforehand held Iranian-British twin nationwide Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-pTSbw gOmWnw\">\n<p>Describing the situations in an interview to be broadcast on Wednesday night, he instructed the broadcaster: \u201cYou\u2019re blindfolded always, even within the first or second week of your interrogation, after which lastly they\u2019ll ease it down a bit of bit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-pTSbw gOmWnw\">\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re mainly pushed right into a room and then you definitely hear the guards are closing or locking the door, after which somebody will let you know behind the door which you could raise your blindfold. 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