WASHINGTON — An American prisoner’s hunger strike in Iran has renewed pressure on the Biden administration ... After more than six years in Iranian custody, Namazi’s father, Baquer Namazi, was freed ...

The White House received a letter from detained American Siamak Namazi held in Iran ... a reference to the United States. Baquer was allowed to leave Iran last year to seek medical treatment.

By Cora Engelbrecht The longest-held American prisoner in Iran began what ... general ward.” Mr. Namazi was arrested in 2015 while on a business trip. His father, Baquer Namazi, an 86-year ...

Siamak Namazi has been unjustly imprisoned since 2015. U.S. citizen Siamak Namazi has begun a seven-day hunger strike while urging President Joe Biden to do more to bring him and other American ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. A mural in Washington, D.C. depicts Americans Siamak Namazi (left), who remains in Iran, and Jose Angel Pereira, who ...

Siamak Namazi, a U.S. citizen imprisoned in Iran since 2015, has embarked on a hunger strike to mark the seventh anniversary of being left behind in a deal that freed other Americans. In a letter ...

A mural in Washington, D.C. depicts Americans Siamak Namazi (left), who remains in Iran, and Jose Angel Pereira, who was released from Venezuela in October. Siamak Namazi, a U.S. citizen ...

After Namazi’s father, Mohammad Baquer Namazi, visited Iran to meet his son, he too was arrested in February 2016 and sentenced for similar charges. Notably, Baquer Namazi formerly served as a ...