An Iranian professor for the University of Oklahoma was released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday after spending three days in detention for what the agency has deemed “standard questioning.”

Vahid Abedini is an assistant professor of Iranian Studies for the university. On Saturday, he was on his way to the Middle East Studies Association’s annual meeting, in Washington, D.C., when he was arrested at Will Rogers International Airport in Oklahoma City.

Abedini said in a post on LinkedIn that he was released on Monday night.

“It was a deeply distressing experience, especially seeing those without the support I had,” he said. “My sincere thanks to my friends and colleagues at the University of Oklahoma, the Middle East Studies Association, and the wider Iran s

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