March 25, 2022
Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian diplomat who is currently a Princeton University scholar, has been sentenced to 11 months in prison for his role in a corruption case in Iran.
Iranian Judiciary spokesman Zabihollah Khodayian said February 21 that Mousavian was involved in a 2-billion-euro case on Kish Island in the early 2000s.
According to Khodayian, Mousavian brokered a deal to give 200 hectares of the island and 100 thousand square meters of its territorial waters to a third party for a resort project that was never carried out.
Advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) has called on Princeton “to dismiss him from any association or affiliation with the university without delay,” saying “Mousavian’s affiliation with Princeton is a stain on the university’s reputation and credibility.”
UANI described Mousavian as “an agent of the Iranian regime” who is currently employed as a Middle East and nuclear policy specialist at the university.