# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anoush-ashoori
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:50:44.697Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anoush-ashoori"
name: "Anoush Ashoori"
slug: "anoush-ashoori"
description: "Anoosheh Ashoori is a British–Iranian businessman formerly detained in Evin jail in Iran. Iranian authorities arrested Ashoori in August 2017, when he was in the country to visit his mother. In August 2019, the Iranian judiciary sentenced Ashoori to 12 years in prison; 10 years for allegedly \"spying for Israel's Mossad\" and two years for \"acquiring illegitimate wealth\", charges which Ashoori denies."
tagline: "British-Iranian businessman"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           43.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.161413333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E5%8A%AA%E8%B0%A2%C2%B7%E9%98%BF%E8%88%92%E9%87%8C"
    title: "阿努谢·阿舒里"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoosheh_Ashoori"
    title: "Anoosheh Ashoori"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%87_%D8%A2%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "انوشه آشوری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anousheh_Ashouri"
    title: "Anousheh Ashouri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoosheh_Ashoori"
    title: "Anoosheh Ashoori"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoush_Ashoori"
    title: "Anoush Ashoori"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%81_%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "انوشہ عاشوری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78162393"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump