Md. Bank Freezes Funds of Scholar Jailed in Tehran
May 31st, 2007State, Treasury Get Involved In Effort to Unlock Accounts
By Robin Wright
It was a hard enough day for Shaul Bakhash, as he dealt with the ongoing drama surrounding the imprisonment in Iran of his wife, noted American scholar Haleh Esfandiari. Then he found an express letter on the doorstep of his Potomac home yesterday morning announcing that Citibank had frozen his wife’s bank accounts on grounds that she is now a “resident” of Iran.
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