Masoud Soleimani

Masoud Soleimani (; born 31 August 1970) is an Iranian medical professor. Soleimani was invited by the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota to lead a research program; upon his arrival in the United States, he was arrested and transferred to a prison in Atlanta. He was imprisoned in the United States on October 25, 2018, pending trial, and was released in December 2019 in a prisoner swap for Xiyue Wang. Following the prisoner swap, charges were then dismissed.

Detention in the United States Soleimani traveled to the US in autumn 2018, where he planned to complete the final stage of his research on treating stroke patients as a visiting scholar at the prestigious Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.

He was arrested upon landing in Chicago. Prosecutors in Atlanta accused him and two of his former students of conspiring and attempting to export human growth factors from the US to Iran without authorization.

On December 8, 2019, president Donald Trump thanked Tehran for "a very fair negotiation" and said: "See, we can make a deal together!". The charges against Jazayeri and Ghaedi were subsequently dropped.