Haleh Esfandiari's husband, professor Shaul Bakhash told The Associated Press, I never expected they would jail a 67-year-old woman for no reason whatsoever.

NPR: Iran Detains Iranian-American Scholar

Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is trying to "revive anti-British feeling which he imagines is still in the Iranian psyche, " said Shaul Bakhash, a professor of Middle East history at George Mason University outside of Washington.

CNN: Iran's attacks on UK tap into centuries of suspicion

As I have mentioned both Haleh Esfandiari and her husband, Shaul Bakhash, are very well respected in the Middle East studies and the Iranian community and those who know Haleh know how absolutely bogus these charges are against her.

NPR: Iran Detains Iranian-American Scholar