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Iranian American Jailed in Tehran Begins Hunger Strike

HeadlineJan 18, 2023

An Iranian American man who has been jailed in Tehran since 2015 has begun a week-long hunger strike. In an open letter to President Biden, Siamak Namazi describes himself as having the “unenviable title of the longest held Iranian American hostage in history.” He was arrested along with his father on a business trip in 2015 and convicted of cooperating with a hostile government.

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