On the seventh anniversary of his being left behind in a U.S.-Iran prison swap, an American jailed in Iran is beginning a week-long hunger strike on Monday. Siamak Namazi, an Iranian American ...

Siamak Namazi's father, Baquer Namazi, who was a United Nations official at the time, was detained in Iran shortly after the U.S. swap during an attempt to visit his detained son. Both Siamak and ...

Namazi said he stopped eating because "U.S. presidents tend to rely more on their political thermometer than their moral ...

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 ...

RELATED Baquer Namazi leaves Iran after 6 years of detention In February 2016, Namazi's father Baquer Namazi was arrested when he traveled to Iran to free his son. The 85-year-old was released in ...

His elderly father, Baquer Namazi, was imprisoned in 2016 after having traveled to Iran to try to help his son. He was later released on medical furlough and then allowed to leave the country in ...

At least one person was killed and more than 30 were injured when two busses collided at Iran's main international airport near the capital Tehran, state media reported. "Unfortunately ...

An outbreak of the H1N1 swine flu virus in Iran has left 112 people dead since mid-November, including one medical worker, AFP reported Iranian media as saying. "About 1,190 people have been ...

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 ...

Their reasons reflect the danger of alternative approaches, the unpredictable consequences of a military strike on Iran, and the belief that there is still time to alter Tehran's course ...