Iran Human RightsFamily seeks Iran prisoner release as talk hopes rise

Family seeks Iran prisoner release as talk hopes rise

-

AFP: The family of a US citizen jailed in Iran made a fresh appeal Friday for his release as hopes rose for a potentially historic deal on Tehran’s nuclear program.
Washington (AFP) — The family of a US citizen jailed in Iran made a fresh appeal Friday for his release as hopes rose for a potentially historic deal on Tehran’s nuclear program.

“As dialogue between Iran and the United States replaces distrust, we can only hope that our son and brother Amir Hekmati will be pardoned and released,” the 30-year-old’s family said in a statement.

“We celebrate the productive and tangible benefit that his release would bring to the current environment,” it said.

Hekmati, a former US Marine of Iranian origin, was sentenced to death in January 2012 on espionage charges. The judiciary later reversed the death sentence but has not released him.

Hekmati’s family insists that he is not a spy and went to Iran to see his grandmother.

US Secretary of State John Kerry flew Friday to Geneva in hopes of making progress in seven-nation talks on Iran’s nuclear program.

Western powers want to verify that sensitive nuclear work is not designed to build a bomb, while Iran’s new moderate President Hassan Rouhani is seeking relief from crippling sanctions.

US Representative Dan Kildee, who represents Hekmati’s home district in Michigan, sent a letter to Kerry asking him to press for the prisoner’s release.

President Barack Obama also raised the case of Hekmati and two other Americans during a brief telephone call in September with Rouhani, the first contact between the two nations’ leaders since the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Latest news

 Statistics show that New Year accidents’ deaths in Iran reached 585

Ahmad Shirani, the head of the Information and Traffic Control Center of the Iranian regime’s police, announced that the...

Land Subsidence in Critical Conditions in Isfahan

Mehdi Toghyani, a member of the Iranian regime’s Majlis (parliament), pointed to the occurrence of land subsidence in various...

Iran’s Actual Inflation Rate Higher Than Official Stats

The state-run Donya-e-eqtesad newspaper, in a report analyzing the "general sentiment" regarding inflation in 2023, has stated that households...

Iranian Workers’ Monthly $136 Wages Can’t Cover $500 Expenses

The lives of a significant portion of the Iranian population are marked by uncertainty, largely because the Iranian economy...

Iranian Nurses Earn Twice Their Wages in Ride-Hailing Services

Reza Aryanpour, a member of the regime’s Majlis (parliament) Health and Treatment Commission, highlighted the growing trend of nurses...

Iran: Unprecedented Record of 152 Million Liters of Gasoline Consumption Per Day

On March 19, Iran set a new historical record in gasoline consumption with 152 million liters consumed in one...

Must read

Iran Upholds Death Penalty for Tortured Man After Unfair Trial

Iran Focus London, 16 Oct - The highest court...

Camp Ashraf in Iraq: Spanish court investigates a close ally of Maliki

AFP: A Spanish court has decided to extend an investigation...

You might also likeRELATED
Recommended to you