but came to the uk as a student. he became a british citizen but then returned to iran, where he worked as an anthropologist. in 2019, british marines seized an iranian oil tanker suspected of breaking eu sanctions, and in what mr ahmady suspects was retaliation, he was arrested by revolutionary guards. he spent three months in tehran�*s notorious evin prison. solitary confinement broken only by hard interrogation. don�*t underestimate the concept and the seriousness of so—called white torture — the psychological pressure they put on you, and all these games are played. there are all sorts of mind games. it is almost like a trade. "you give me this, i�*ll give you that." he was released, but a court in tehran convicted him in december of collaborating with a hostile government, something he denies, and sentenced him to nine years injail. while out on bail, he escaped, travelling high over