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DUBAI (Reuters) – The United States and Iran will every free 5 detainees underneath an alternate settlement that additionally includes the switch of $6 billion unfrozen Iranian belongings from South Korea.
Following are the U.S. residents imprisoned in Iran who will probably be launched underneath the deal:
SIAMAK NAMAZI
Siamak Namazi, 51, a businessman with twin U.S.-Iranian citizenship, was detained in 2015 by the Revolutionary Guards whereas visiting his household in Tehran. Months later his ailing father, Baquer, was detained after returning to Iran to go to his jailed son. They had been each sentenced in 2016 to 10 years in jail for allegedly spying and cooperating with the U.S. authorities.
A former Iranian provincial governor and former UNICEF official who additionally has twin citizenship, Baquer Namazi was put underneath home arrest in 2018 on medical grounds and left Iran in 2022 for medical therapy.
EMAD SHARGHI
In 2017 Sharghi and his spouse moved to Iran from the United States. The Iranian-American businessman, 59, was first arrested in 2018 when working for Saravan Holding, a tech funding firm. He was launched on bail after eight months and a Revolutionary Court cleared him of spying and security-related fees, however his journey ban remained.
In November 2020 he was summoned by one other Revolutionary Court which sentenced him to 10 years in jail on fees of espionage. He was not initially imprisoned however Iranian media reported he was arrested as he tried to flee Iran in Jan. 2021.
MORAD TAHBAZ
An Iranian-American environmentalist, 67, who additionally holds British citizenship, Tahbaz was detained in 2018. He was sentenced to 10 years in jail in 2019 for “assembly and collusion against Iran’s national security” and “contacts with U.S. enemy authorities … for the aim of spying”.
The fourth and fifth prisoners weren’t recognized. It isn’t clear what number of U.S. residents are detained in Iran, since households and the U.S. authorities usually don’t want to publicize the instances in the hope of quietly securing their release.
IRANIAN DETAINEES IN THE U.S.
The 5 Iranians held in the United States are Mehrdad Moin-Ansari, Kambiz Attar-Kashani, Reza Sarhangpour-Kafrani, Amin Hassanzadeh and Kaveh Afrasiabi, based on Iranian officers.
Iran’s overseas ministry mentioned two Iranians freed underneath the deal would stay in the United States and one of many Iranians will fly to a 3rd nation to hitch his household. Two others will return residence.
For years, Iran has demanded the release of Iranians detained in the United States. There are over a dozen Iranian prisoners held in the U.S. primarily for “breaching the U.S. sanctions on Iran”, one Iranian judiciary supply advised Reuters.
