Hostage rights advocates and relatives of US nationals seen as unjustly held in Iran and Russia question why some people get ...
Siamak Namazi, a 51-year-old Iranian-American businessman, was detained in Iran in 2015 while he was visiting his parents. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for allegedly collaborating with a ...
Siamak Namazi said he is starting a seven-day hunger strike to mark seven years since he was left out of a January 2016 prisoner swap between the U.S. and Iran. “When the Obama administration ...
Siamak Namazi and Morad Tahbaz, who were released during a prisoner swap deal between U.S. and Iran, arrive at Doha International Airport, Qatar Sept. 18, 2023. [Reuters] The United States and ...
"Iran’s assets, frozen in South Korea, will be unblocked and transferred to Qatar," IRNA specified. On Thursday, Jared Genser, the lawyer for one of the US citizens, told CNN that Siamak Namazi ...
A photo of Majid Reza Rahnavard, an anti-government protester executed in Iran, is seen at a demonstration in Berlin on Dec. 12, 2022. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Iran — already notorious for its ...
The plane carrying five American citizens freed as part of a deal between the U.S. and Iran have now landed back home in the United States. "They just landed on U.S. Soil early this morning, said ...
Iran has released the crew of a seized Portuguese-flagged ship linked to Israel, but remains in control of the vessel itself, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said. An image of an article ...
Israel’s foreign minister drew a line in the sand with Iran on Wednesday, warning the country that Israel would respond with direct attacks on Iranian targets if Iran launches an attack on ...
Tensions between Iran and Israel continue to ratchet up following the strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) canceling leave for troops and Tehran ...