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US has called on Iran to release American citizens detained on national security charges, on the same day Iran sentenced an American man to 10 years in prison.
The Center for Human Rights in Iran has named the man as Xiyue Wang, a 37-year-old Princeton University researcher of Chinese origin.
US university professor who advised Xiyue has defended his former student as innocent of all charges against him.
Stephen Kotkin told the Associated Press news agency on Monday that Xiyue is a "remarkable, linguistically gifted graduate student" who studied governance in 19th- and early-20th-century Muslim regions.
Iran's judiciary announced on Sunday that the convicted American citizen had been accused of "infiltrating" Iran and passing confidential information to the US government and research institutions abroad.
The Department of State said the detention of US citizens and other foreigners are based on "fabricated national security-related charges".
UCJ, UNILORIN.
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