# Iran jails psychologist over Trump appeal as family says authorities sought video insulting Americans

https://mins.news/en/item/22898

- Fox News, 2026-08-15 10:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-jails-psychologist-trump-plea-regime-demands-americans-look-stupid-family

> Iranian psychologist Seyed Ahmad Seyedabdollahi was sentenced to seven months in prison after publicly urging Donald Trump to support Iranians protesting the Islamic Republic. A relative says security authorities repeatedly interrogated him, held him in solitary confinement and pressured him to record a video insulting Trump and Americans. A second propaganda case remains under investigation.

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