He was doing research there at the time and studying the Farsi language, but Iran sentenced him to 10 years in prison saying his school, Princeton University, had sent Wang to Iran to get secret information about the country.
当时他正在伊朗做研究,学习波斯语,但伊朗判处他10监禁,称其所在学校普林斯顿大学派他去伊朗获取机密情报。