Here’s a take a look at the detainees launched Monday as a part of a prisoner swap between america and Iran.
Siamak Namazi
Siamak Namazi, 51, was the longest held Iranian American detainee. He was arrested in 2015 and sentenced the next yr to 10 years in Tehran’s Evin Jail on prices of espionage. Months later, his father was arrested when he visited Iran to test on his son. The elder Namazi was later positioned on home arrest and permitted to depart Iran in 2022 as a result of medical causes. Namazi is an power government who promoted nearer ties between the west and Iran.
Emad Sharghi
Emad Sharghi, 59, is an Iranian American enterprise capitalist who moved to Iran along with his spouse in 2017. He was detained the next yr, however his household says he was launched after going via eight months of interrogations. Authorities rearrested Sharghi whereas he was attempting to depart the nation whereas on bail. He was charged with espionage and sentenced to 10 years in jail.
Morad Tahbaz
Morad Tahbaz, 67, was additionally sentenced to 10 years of jail. He’s an Iranian American conservationist who additionally holds British citizenship. In 2018, he was arrested throughout an Iranian crackdown on environmental activists. Tahbaz had reportedly remained in jail regardless of an settlement between the UK and Iran that he be launched from jail on furlough.
Two unnamed detainees
Two extra prisoners had been launched Monday. Nonetheless, the U.S. authorities has not launched their names on the request of their households.
The Iranians
5 Iranians charged or convicted of nonviolent crimes in america acquired clemency beneath the deal:
Kaveh Lotfolah Afrasiabi
Mehrdad Ansari
Amin Hasanzadeh
Reza Sarhangpour Kafrani
Kambiz Attar Kashani
Some data for this story got here from the Related Press and Reuters.
