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Tag: Namazi, Baquer

World

Americans Held Prisoner in Iran Saw Promise of Better Relations

August 11, 2023August 11, 2023Farnaz FassihiComments Off on Americans Held Prisoner in Iran Saw Promise of Better Relations

The five Americans who are part of a prisoner swap could be released by September under a complicated agreement with Tehran.

World

Iranian-American Prisoner in Tehran Starts Hunger Strike

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023Cora EngelbrechtComments Off on Iranian-American Prisoner in Tehran Starts Hunger Strike

Siamak Namazi, an Iranian-American businessman, appealed to President Biden to negotiate with the government in Tehran for his freedom.

World

Baquer Namazi, Held by Iran for 7 Years, Is Released

October 5, 2022Cora EngelbrechtComments Off on Baquer Namazi, Held by Iran for 7 Years, Is Released

The Iranian American is heading to the United Arab Emirates for urgent medical care.

World

Aras Amiri Has Returned to the U.K. After Being Jailed in Iran

January 12, 2022January 13, 2022Aina J. KhanComments Off on Aras Amiri Has Returned to the U.K. After Being Jailed in Iran

Aras Amiri, a arts worker employed by the British Council, was arrested in March 2018 on espionage charges. She was acquitted in August and flew back to Britain earlier this week.

World

Outlook for Iran’s Longest-Held Americans Echoes Broader Relationship: Dismal

October 5, 2021October 6, 2021Farnaz FassihiComments Off on Outlook for Iran’s Longest-Held Americans Echoes Broader Relationship: Dismal

A father and son have been held in Iran while three U.S. presidents occupied the White House. Now the father faces a dire medical emergency and his family is pleading for his release.

World

Iran Frees British-Australian Scholar in Prisoner Swap

November 25, 2020November 26, 2020Farnaz FassihiComments Off on Iran Frees British-Australian Scholar in Prisoner Swap

Iranian state media said the scholar, Kylie Moore-Gilbert, was released in return for three Iranians. Social media identified the Iranians as men detained in Thailand on bomb plot charges.

World

As Iran vs. West Tensions Rise, So Does Uncertainty Over Prisoners

July 17, 2019Rick Gladstone and Megan SpeciaComments Off on As Iran vs. West Tensions Rise, So Does Uncertainty Over Prisoners

Against the backdrop of worsening relations with Iran, the predicaments of foreign and dual-national prisoners there are getting more complicated.

World

Iran’s Foreign Minister Proposes Prisoner Exchange With U.S.

April 24, 2019April 24, 2019RICK GLADSTONEComments Off on Iran’s Foreign Minister Proposes Prisoner Exchange With U.S.

The foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said he had the authority to negotiate a prisoner exchange, in what seemed like an overture in a worsening relationship.

Headlines

Many Palestinians Say Hamas Must Accept U.S. Cease-Fire Plan

October 2, 2025LIAM STACK

A Family’s Global Efforts to Free the Only Nepali Kidnapped by Hamas

October 2, 2025Pranav Baskar

Mexico’s Party of the Poor Faces Image Problems as Some Members Spend Big

October 2, 2025James Wagner

No More Signs of Life From Rubble of Collapsed School in Indonesia

October 2, 2025Hasya Nindita

In East Timor, U.S. Retreats From Plan to Build ‘Lifesaving’ Sewage Plant

October 1, 2025October 2, 2025Ted Alcorn

How Social Media Is Changing the Narrative of the Israel-Gaza War

October 1, 2025Sheera Frenkel and Steven Lee Myers

‘There Will Always Only Be One Jane Goodall’

October 1, 2025Carl Zimmer and Emily Anthes

Jane Goodall’s Thoughts for a Reporter: ‘Hope Isn’t Just Wishful Thinking’

October 1, 2025October 1, 2025Catrin Einhorn

South African Politician Julius Malema, Subject of Trump Attacks, Is Convicted of Gun Charge

October 1, 2025Zimasa Matiwane

London Police Chief Apologizes Over Officers’ ‘Reprehensible’ Behavior

October 1, 2025STEPHEN CASTLE
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