Siamak namazi biography
Siamak namazi biography
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Siamak Namazi
Iranian-American businessman
Siamak Namazi (Persian: سیامک نمازی; born September 14 or October 14, 1971[1]) is an Iranian-American businessman.
He was detained in Evin Prison in Iran from October 13, 2015 until his release on September 18, 2023.
On February 22, 2016, Iranian authorities arrested Baquer Namazi, Siamak's father, when he arrived in the country to visit his son.[2] On October 18, 2016, Baquer and Siamak Namazi were sentenced to 10 years in prison for collaborating with a foreign government.[3][4]CNN reported that according to his legal team, he was the "longest-held Iranian-American imprisoned in Iran."[5] He was released on a brief furlough on October 1, 2022.[6]
Namazi's family is a part of the Bring Our Families Home campaign which advocates to bring home wrongful detainees and hostages.
Namazi's image is featured in a 15-foot mural in Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) along with other A