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Baquer Namazi

A woman walks her dog past a satirical drawing of Statue of Liberty on the wall of the former US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, May. 8, 2018. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
October 3, 2022, 3:55 am
US rejects Iranian link between frozen funds and release of detained citizens
State Department says Baquer Namazi and son Siamak were let go due to medical needs after Tehran indicated freeing them should lead to Washington unblocking $7 billion held abroad
By AFP
The Iranian flag waves outside of the UN building that hosts the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, office inside in Vienna, Austria, July 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
October 2, 2022, 4:52 pm
Iran says waiting for US to unfreeze $7 billion after releasing American detainees
Iranian state media reports funds held by South Korea due to American sanctions will be released following finalization of negotiations
By AFP
This undated photo shows Baquer Namazi, left, and his son Siamak, in an unidentified location. (Babak Namazi via AP)
October 2, 2022, 3:57 am
American held in Iran allowed to leave, son freed from detention
Baquer Namazi, 85 and Siamak Namazi, 50, released by Iranian authorities in ‘critical first steps’ hailed by family lawyer who vows to keep fighting until both are back in US
By AFP and ToI Staff
This undated photo shows Baquer Namazi, left, and his son Siamak, in an unidentified location. (Babak Namazi via AP)
September 16, 2022, 2:26 pm
Congressional group urges Biden to prioritize release of US citizens jailed in Iran
Meeting joined by prisoners’ families, former detainees of Islamic Republic, who call on US president not to link prisoners’ fate to outcome of stalled nuclear talks
By Michael Horovitz
This undated photo shows Baquer Namazi, left, and his son Siamak, in an unidentified location. (Babak Namazi via AP)
June 29, 2022, 11:35 pm
Detained American in Iran implores Biden to take action despite stalled talks
‘Unless the president intervenes immediately, we are likely to languish in this abyss for the foreseeable future,’ writes Siamak Namazi, Iranian-American detained since 2015
By AFP
This undated photo shows Baquer Namazi, left, and his son Siamak, in an unidentified location. (Babak Namazi via AP)
October 4, 2021, 11:45 pm
Blinken backs son’s call on Iran to free ailing father for urgent medical care
Babak Namazi says his father, 84-year-old Iranian-American Baquer Namazi, requires surgery within days to avoid a potentially catastrophic stroke
By Eric Tucker
In this 2018 photograph released by lawyer Mark Zaid, Michael R. White, right, is seen with his mother, Joanne White, left. (White family via AP)
January 7, 2020, 6:31 pm
Killing of Iran general spurs anxiety over fate of US hostages
Families of Americans held by Tehran fear for loved ones’ safety, believe prospects for release dimmed following US strike on Qassem Soleimani
By Eric Tucker
Babak Namazi, second from right, brother of Siamak Namazi and son of Baquer Namazi, who are both being held hostage in Iran, along with other individuals with family members currently detained in Iran in Washington DC, December 3, 2019. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
December 4, 2019, 10:03 am
Fears deepen for families of people held in Iran amid unrest
Relatives speak of concerns that widespread economic discontent and recent rioting over fuel prices could impact their loved ones, demand that Tehran set them free
By Eric Tucker
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks at the Asia Society in New York, on April 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
April 24, 2019, 11:52 pm
Iranian FM makes public prisoner swap offer to US
Zarif claims Tehran has not received response from Trump administration 6 months after raising possibility
By Edith M. Lederer
This undated photo shows Baquer Namazi, left, and his son Siamak, in an unidentified location. (Babak Namazi via AP)
February 7, 2018, 11:03 pm
Iran ‘accountable’ for ailing US prisoner’s health — White House
Trump administration calls for ‘immediate and unconditional release’ of 81-year-old Baquer Namazi, accused of espionage and suffering from heart problems
By AFP
This undated photo shows Baquer Namazi, left, and his son Siamak, in an unidentified location. (Babak Namazi via AP)
February 6, 2018, 11:10 pm
Ailing US citizen in Iran forced to return to prison after surgery leave
Family of Baquer Namazi, 81, says decision not to extend three-month respite after pacemaker installed ‘tantamount to a death sentence’
By Josh Lederman
This undated photo shows Baquer Namazi, left, and his son Siamak, in an unidentified location. (Babak Namazi via AP)
January 29, 2018, 12:40 am
Iranian-American jailed in Iran allowed brief leave over health
State Department welcomes four-day release of Baquer Namazi, 81; calls for all Americans ‘unjustly held’ by Tehran to be freed
By AP
This undated photo shows Baquer Namazi, left, and his son Siamak, in an unidentified location. (Babak Namazi via AP)
September 18, 2017, 3:37 pm
UN says Americans unjustly held in Iran part of ’emerging pattern’
Agency experts say Tehran increasingly targeting dual nationals in wake of 2015 nuclear deal with Western powers
By Jon Gambrell
Illustrative: A prison in Iran. (CC BY-SA Ehsan Iran/Wikipedia)
September 4, 2017, 7:02 am
Iran upholds 10-year jail terms for US citizens
Chinese-born American, US-Iran dual nationals and Lebanese man with permanent residency in US all lose appeals
By AFP
Illustrative: A 2008 photo of Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, where a number of foreigners and dual nationals have been detained over the years. (CC BY-SA 2.0 Ehsan Iran/Wikipedia)
August 28, 2017, 7:41 pm
Two Americans serving 10 years in Iran lose appeal — lawyer
As health deteriorates, Baquer and Siamak Namazi remain in Evin jail, where they have been ‘interrogated relentlessly, beaten, and tased’
By Jon Gambrell
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