Iran granted a furlough Saturday to an Iranian-American held prisoner for nearly seven years and will allow his ailing father to depart the country
, according to a United Nations spokesman and a lawyer for the family.
Siamak Namazi, who has been imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin prison since 2015, was given a one-week furlough to see his father. Baquer Namazi, also a U.S. citizen who was imprisoned in 2016 and later furloughed, has been in declining health but has been barred from leaving the country since he was released.
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