MPs to meet family of US-jailed Iranian researcher

Tehran (IP)- Members of the parliamentary education and research committee are going to meet the family of Iranian researcher who is in jail in the US prison.

Iran Press /Iran News: "Members of the committee will meet Masoud Soleimani's family today", noted Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi head of the committee.

Masoud Soleimani, a professor at Tehran's Tarbiat Modares University and a prominent stem cell scientist has been in the US custody for about 11 months without any acceptable reason.

Scientific and academic institutions and human rights groups have condemned the US move, demanding the release of this Iranian scientist.

Masoumeh Javani, the mother of Massoud Soleimani who had been in coma for seven months after hearing that her son had been arrested by US security forces, died at the age of 63 not long ago.

Concern over her son's condition was announced as one of the reasons for her death. 104/219

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