Anoush Ashoori


Anoush Ashoori is a British-Iranian businessman currently detained in Iran. Iranian authorities arrested Ashoori in August 2017 when he went to the country to visit his mother. In August 2019, the Iranian judiciary sentenced Ashoori to 12 years in prison; 10 years for spying the Israel's Mossad and two years for "acquiring illegitimate wealth."