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Tag : Baquer Namazi

April 27, 2021

“Show Trials” of Dual Nationals Will Continue Until P5+1 Creates United Front Against Hostage-Taking

April 27, 2021 – World powers negotiating with Iran over its nuclear program should present a joint stance against Iran’s cruel and unlawful practice of jailing dual nationals to use as bargaining chips, the Center for ...

February 23, 2021

84-Year-Old U.S. Detainee Baquer Namazi Suffering “Severe Health Conditions” in Iran

In a statement published on February 22, 2021, a relative of two U.S. citizens detained in Iran on trumped-up charges--Baquer Namazi and his son, Siamak Namazi--called on President Joe Biden to secure their release. The statement, ...

September 18, 2020

Leading Academics and Policy Experts Call on Iran to Release Imprisoned Dual Nationals

The use of prisoners as bargaining chips in order to coerce other governments to provide concessions is a cruel policy” A group of prominent academics, policy experts, former government officials, parliamentarians and diplomats released a statement on ...

February 8, 2020

“Stop Trying to Destroy Me and My Family” Writes Iranian American Businessman from Tehran’s Evin Prison

In a letter from Evin Prison in Tehran where he has been held since October 2015, Iranian American businessman Siamak Namazi asked Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi why his requests for furlough have been repeatedly denied while those around him continue to be allowed to go ...

January 18, 2019

Satirist Keyomars Marzban to Be Tried in Iran Under Hardline Judge Salavati

Iranian satirist Keyomars Marzban, who has been detained in Iran since August 2018, is due to face trial for the charges of “propaganda against the state” and “insulting the sacred” ...

December 3, 2018

Open Letter by Six Families of Dual and Foreign Nationals Imprisoned in Iran

The following open letter was written and signed by six families of dual and foreign nationals who have been imprisoned in Iran.  December 3, 2018 An Open Letter to ...

August 28, 2018

Iranian American Prisoner in Iran, Baquer Namazi, On Medical Leave

Lawyers File Appeals With Iran’s Supreme Court and the UN Baquer Namazi, an Iranian American dual national who was imprisoned in Iran in February 2016, has been on furlough “for a considerable length of time” to receive ...

August 29, 2017

Namazis Lose Appeal Against 10-Year Prison Sentence

Iranian-American Businessman and His 81-Year-Old Father Remain Held on Unspecified Charges after Sham Prosecution That Lacked Due Process Iranian-American businessman Siamak Namazi and his 81-year-old father Baquer...

August 29, 2017

Iran Upholds 10-Year Prison Sentences Against US Resident and Two Iranian-Americans

Iranian-American Businessman and His 81-Year-Old Father Remain Held on Unspecified Charges after Sham Prosecution That Lacked Due Process Iran’s Appeals Court has upheld a 10-year prison sentence against US resident Nizar ...

April 27, 2017

Supporters Urge For Release of Ailing Iranian-Americans Siamak and Baquer Namazi Imprisoned in Iran

The American lawyer representing ailing Iranian-Americans Siamak Namazi and his father, Baquer, serving 10-year sentences in Iran for unspecified espionage charges, has called for US President Donald Trump to immediately secure their release. “If not resolved quickly, the Namazi cases could ...

October 17, 2016

Revolutionary Guards Mark Anniversary of Dual National Siamak Namazi’s Arrest With Propaganda Video

One year after Iranian-American dual citizen Siamak Namazi was arrested by the Revolutionary Guards in Tehran, media outlets affiliated with the Guards and ...

February 23, 2016

Imprisoned Iranian-American Siamak Namazi Held Incommunicado without Access to Lawyer

Namazi Reportedly on Hunger Strike at Evin Now Siamak Namazi, the Iranian-American businessman who was arrested in October while visiting family in Tehran, is being held incommunicado in Evin Prison and denied access to ...

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