Middle East Scholars Protest Iran's Arrest of Program Director at Wilson Center.

The article reports that Middle East scholars are protesting the arrest of Haleh Esfandiari, director of the Middle East program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, by Iranian authorities in Iran. American scholars fear that the move could lead to the isolation of intellectuals in the Islamic Republic. The Iranian government arrested her because the country's Intelligence Ministry believed that she was seeking to promote a "soft" revolution against the Islamic government.