Siamak Namazi, 51, and Baquer Namazi, 85, are among a growing list of U.S. and European nationals who have been held by Iran as political pawns, according to Western officials. Tehran claimed ...

Last October, Namazi’s father Baquer Namazi, 85, was allowed to leave Iran on medical grounds, after the government lifted his years-long travel ban. Baquer Namazi is a former UNICEF official ...

United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement that Siamak's father, Baquer Namazi, was being allowed to leave Iran for medical treatment. Baquer Namazi was convicted in Iran of ...

In a ceremony attended by a host of officials, the first group of pilgrims was dispatched to Saudi Arabia this morning. A total of 87,550 Iranian pilgrims are set to take part in this year’s Hajj, ...

Siamak Namazi has been held in Iran’s notorious Evin prison since 2015 on espionage charges. His father Baquer, who had returned to Iran to help secure his son’s release, has been unable to ...

His father Mohammad Baquer Namazi, a former UNICEF official, was arrested in February 2016 when he went to Iran to try to free his son. They were both sentenced to 10 years on spying charges in ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An 85-year-old Iranian-American held by Iran left the country Wednesday ... IRNA news agency published video of Baquer Namazi boarding a Royal Oman air force ...

Celebrated Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi travelled out of Iran with his wife Tahereh Saeedi for the first time in 14 years as the travel ban on him was suddenly lifted. Saeedi on Tuesday night ...

Panahi, 62, is best known for films including The White Balloon, The Circle and Taxi Tehran – and for spending his career under close observation by Iran’s government. His travel ban was first ...