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Siamak and Baquer Namazi – Iran

Siamak & Baquer Namazi (Iran) – American citizens wrongly imprisoned in Iran (Perseus Strategies, pro-bono)

  • Urgent Action Appeal to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health on Behalf of Baquer and Siamak Namazi, October 4, 2021
  • Complaint to UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers – Siamak & Baquer Namazi, August 28, 2018
  • Opinion No. 49/2017, UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, August 22, 2017
  • Petition to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention – Siamak & Baquer Namazi, April 25, 2017

  • Media Release Announcing the Conclusion of Siamak Namazi’s Hunger Strike, Perseus Strategies, January 23, 2023
  • Media Release Announcing Siamak Namazi’s Hunger Strike to Mark Seven Year Anniversary of Being Left Behind in Iran, Perseus Strategies, January 16, 2023
  • Media Release Announcing Siamak Namazi’s Return to Evin Prison, Perseus Strategies, October 12, 2022
  • Media Coverage of Baquer Namazi’s Release, Perseus Strategies, October 1-8, 2022
  • Babak Namazi, Statement on His Father’s Health, Brother’s Furlough, Perseus Strategies, October 8, 2022
  • Media Release Announcing Baquer Namazi’s Departure from Iran after 6.5 Years, Perseus Strategies, October 5, 2022
  • Media Release Announcing Baquer Namazi Again Requires Urgent Surgery to Clear Blockages in Main Arteries to Brain, Perseus Strategies, September 6, 2022
  • Babak Namazi, Statement on Siamak Namazi’s 2,500th Day in Prison, Perseus Strategies, August 16, 2022
  • Siamak Namazi, I’m an American, Why Have I Been Left to Rot as a Hostage of Iran?, New York Times, June 29, 2022
  • Stephen Kalin, Iran Prisoners’ Families Ask Biden to Push for Their Release as Chances of a Deal Dim, Wall Street Journal, May 12, 2022
  • Media Release Marking the Sixth Anniversary of Baquer Namazi’s Arrest, Perseus Strategies, February 22, 2022
  • Jared Genser, Statement Regarding Baquer Namazi’s Surgery in Iran, Perseus Strategies, October 26, 2021
  • Babak Namazi, Statement on the Sixth Anniversary of Siamak Namazi’s Arrest, Perseus Strategies, October 13, 2021
  • Babak Namazi, Statement in Response to Life-Threatening Development in Baquer Namazi’s Health, Perseus Strategies, October 4, 2021
  • Jared Genser, Statement in Response to Life-Threatening Development in Baquer Namazi’s Health, Perseus Strategies, October 4, 2021
  • Media Release Announcing Baquer Namazi Requires Urgent Surgery to Clear Life-Threatening Blockage to His Brain, Perseus Strategies, October 4, 2021
  • Kylie Atwood, Family of Iranian Americans Held in Iran Worry They Will Be Left Behind Again, CNN, May 27, 2021
  • Media Release Announcing Siamak Namazi’s 2,000th Day in Prison, Perseus Strategies, April 3, 2021
  • Ellen Knickmeyer, Family of Americans Held in Iran Want Any Deal to Free Them, Associated Press, February 22, 2021
  • Dan De Luce, Family Urges Biden Admin to Make Release of Imprisoned Americans Condition for Any Deal with Iran, NBC News, February 22, 2021
  • Babak Namazi, Statement on the Five Year Anniversary of American Hostage Baquer Namazi’s Arrest, Perseus Strategies, February 22, 2021
  • Media Release Announcing Five Year Anniversary of American Hostage Siamak Namazi’s Arrest, Perseus Strategies, October 13, 2020
  • Babak Namazi, My Brother and Father Are Hostages in Iran. When Will They Be Free?, October 13, 2020
  • Letter from 17 Members of the US Senate to Secretary Pompeo Expressing Concern Over the Increased Risk to Siamak Namazi and Other Americans Detained Abroad Due to COVID-19, April 10, 2020
  • Media Release Announcing American Hostage Siamak Namazi Denied Furlough Despite Deadly Coronavirus Outbreak, Perseus Strategies, March 17, 2020
  • John Hudson, ‘We’re Beyond Desperate’: Officials Fear the Spread of Coronavirus to Americans and Europeans Held in Iran’s Cramped Prisons, The Washington Post, March 3, 2020
  • Editorial Board, Iran’s Reaction to Coronavirus has Become a Danger for the World, The Washington Post, March 3, 2020
  • Media Release Announcing American Hostage Siamak Namazi at Serious Risk from Coronavirus Outbreak in Iran’s Notorious Evin Prison, Perseus Strategies, March 2, 2020
  • Carol Morello, Families Say More Pressure Is Needed to Free Relatives Imprisoned in Iran, The Washington Post, December 3, 2019
  • Eric Tucker, Fears Deepen for Families of People Held in Iran Amid Unrest, AP News, December 3, 2019
  • Michele Kelemen, Former Prisoner In Iran Says A New Hostage Crisis Is Brewing, NPR, December 3, 2019
  • Babak Namazi and Richard Ratcliffe, Our Family Members Are Being Held Hostage in Iran. Help Us., The New York Times, September 25, 2019
  • Susan Crabtree, Senators Want Iran Sanctions Relief Tied to Prisoners’ Release, Real Clear Politics, April 3, 2019
  • Media Release Announcing Iran’s Supreme Court Rejects the Namazis’ Appeal, January 24, 2019
  • Dan DeLuce, Son of Elderly American Held in Iran Fears His Father Could Die in Custody, NBC News, November 16, 2018
  • Son of Iranian-American Detainee Asks Tehran ‘To Show Mercy,’ AP, November 15, 2018
  • Jason Rezaian, The U.S. and Iran’s Relationship Status?  It’s Complicated. The Washington Post, August 31, 2018
  • If Iran Accepts ‘Iran-U.S. Treaty of Amity’ Then Namazis Should Be Released, Radio Farda, August 29, 2018
  • Media Release Announcing Namazis File Appeals with Iranian Supreme Court and United Nations, August 28, 2018
  • Nahal Toosi, Trump Frees Some Jailed Americans Overseas — But Endangers Others, Politico, May 11, 2018
  • Rick Gladstone, Relatives of American Prisoners in Iran Ask: What Now?, The New York Times, May 9, 2018
  • Media Release Announcing Baquer Namazi Hospitalized Again With Dangerous Irregular Heartbeat, February 12, 2018
  • Rick Gladstone, Iran Returns Ailing U.S. Citizen to Prison in New Sign of Tension, The New York Times, February 6, 2018
  • Media Release Announcing American Hostage Baquer Namazi Returned to Iran’s Evin Prison Against Recommendations of Government’s Own Medical Examiner, February 6, 2018
  • Iran Grants Iranian-American Prisoner 4 Days of Sick Leave, NPR, January 29, 2018
  • Media Release Announcing American Citizen Baquer Namazi Granted Four Day Leave From Iran’s Notorious Evin Prison, January 28, 2018
  • Elise Labott, Iranian-American Imprisoned in Iran Given 4-Day Leave After Hospitalization, CNN, January 28, 2018
  • Carol Morello, Elderly and Sick U.S. Citizen Released Temporarily From Prison in Iran, The Washington Post, January 28, 2018
  • Rick Gladstone and Gardiner Harris, Iran Grants Baquer Namazi, 81, Four-Day Release From Evin Prison, The New York Times, January 28, 2018
  • Katherine Lam, Iranian-American Baquer Namazi Temporarily Released from Iranian Jail Over Health Concerns, Fox News, January 28, 2018
  • Media Release Announcing Baquer Namazi Rushed to Hospital for Fourth Time, January 17, 2018
  • Michele Kelemen, Family of American Imprisoned in Iran Pushes for Prisoner Swap, NPR Interview with Babak Namazi, November 8, 2017
  • Kylie Atwood, Family of American Held in Iran Hopes for Direct Talks, CBS, November 7, 2017
  • The Daily Show with Dana Perino: Iranian-American Asks White House to Help Free His Father and Brother, Fox News, November 1, 2017
  • Media Release Announcing U.S. Senate Unanimously Adopts Resolution Urging Immediate Release of Siamak and Baquer Namazi and Other American Citizen Hostages in Iran, November 1, 2017
  • Media Release Announcing President Trump’s Calls for Immediate Release of Americans Detained in Iran September 19, 2017
  • Media Release Announcing UNWGAD Opinion in Favor of Siamak and Baquer Namazi, September 18, 2017
  • Nina Lowey, The Trump Administration Needs to Take the Next Step for Iran’s Hostages, The Washington Post, August 2, 2017
  • Melissa Etehad, Trump Administration Intensifies Demands for Iran to Release U.S. Prisoners, Los Angeles Times, July 26, 2017
  • Delicate Diplomacy over U.S. Citizens Detained in Iran, NPR Interview with Babak Namazi, July 26, 2017
  • US Congress Unanimously Adopts Resolution Calling for Release of Namazis and Others in Iran, July 26, 2017
  • Testimony of Babak Namazi before the U.S. House of Representatives on Held for Ransom: The Families of Iran’s Hostages Speak Out, (See video at 36:46), July 25, 2017
  • Barbara Slavin, Trump Administration Presses Iran to Free the Namazis, Atlantic Council, July 25, 2017
  • CBS News: Family Pleads for Release of U.S. Prisoners in Iran Amid Deteriorating Health, July 25, 2017
  • Jared Genser, If You’re Arrested Abroad, the U.S. May Not Bail You Out, Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2017
  • State Department Announces New Iran Sanctions, July 18, 2017
  • Colum Lynch and Dan De Luce, U.N. Chief Makes Secret Bid to Win Release of American Detainee in Iran, Foreign Policy, June 27, 2017
  • Josh Rogin, The Trump Administration Is Working to Free American Hostages in Iran, Washington Post, June 20, 2017
  • Opinion Journal Interview with Babak Namazi: Why Iran Took My Family Hostage, Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2017
  • Freedom Now Press Conference with Babak Namazi in Vienna, Austria, April 25, 2017
  • Babak Namazi, Will Trump Keep His Word?, U.S. News and World Report, April 24, 2017
  • Jay Solomon, U.S. Sanctions Brother of Iranian Military Commander, Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2017
  • White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer Calls for Release of Baquer and Siamak Namazi, April 13, 2017
  • Josh Siegal, Son, Brother of American Hostages in Iran Pleads for Trump’s Help, The Daily Signal, March 9, 2017
  • Rick Gladstone, Among Questions for Trump on Iran: What About American Prisoners?, New York Times, March 8, 2017
  • Melissa Etehad and Shashank Bengali, Trump Talks Tough on Iran, But Can He Bring Jailed Americans Home?, Los Angeles Times, March 8, 2017
  • Peyman Pejman, Hostages: Real Lives Entangled in Uncertain Policy, Kayhan London, March 8, 2017
  • Babak Namazi, Trump Promised to Not Let Iran Jail Americans. When Will He Help Free My Father and Brother?, Washington Post, March 3, 2017