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 ...

In February 2016, Namazi’s father Baquer was lured to Iran under the false premise that he would be able to see his son. He was instead immediately taken into custody at that time. Siamak and ...

Siamak Namazi, who has been in Iran for seven years, said that he is the “longest held Iranian American hostage in history.” Free Siamak and Baquer Namazi Namazi was not included in a January ...

Siamak and Baquer Namazi were sentenced to 10 years in prison in October 2016. Baquer was released from Iran after more than six years in October 2022. That same month, Siamak was granted furlough ...

Siamak Namazi, an Iranian-American who has been in a Tehran prison for 8 years, launched a hunger strike on Monday in a plea ...

Namazi was arrested in October 2015 on charges of trying to overthrow the state, accusations that he denies. His father, Baquer, who travelled to Iran in 2016 out of concern for his detained son ...

"I now know that I shouldn’t get my hopes up when senior U.S. officials say that rescuing the hostages in Iran is their highest priority." Namazi's father, Baquer Namazi, was detained in 2016 ...