Esha was not able to leave Iran on her scheduled flight back to LA

Esha had a flight back to Los Angeles scheduled on November 21, 2008. Although the officials had given her a glimpse of hope that she would be able to use her ticket, she did not receive her passport and therefore was not able to leave the country. Friends were looking forward to spending Thanksgiving with her. "We're all spending time with friends and family this week and we were hoping we'd be giving thanks for having Esha back in L.A.," CSUN mass communication graduate student Vanessa Mora said in a statement sent to the press:
http://changeforequality-ca.org/English/Docs/neweshathanskgiving.pdf
Also:
http://laist.com/2008/11/25/csun_student_freed_from_iranian_jai.php