Iranian state media says an 85-year-old Iranian-American held by Iran left the country for Oman. Baquer Namazi, a former UNICEF official, was arrested in 2016 for what the U.S. and U.N. say were trumped-up spying charges.
The release of Baquer Namazi marks the first American to be freed by Iran since President Joe Biden took office, even as talks over Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers have stalled. Iran long has used detained Westerners or those with ties abroad as bargaining chips in negotiations.
The state-run IRNA news agency published video of Namazi boarding a Royal Oman air force jet, apparently in Tehran. It said Namazi left the country Wednesday. Flight-tracking data analyzed by The Associated Press corresponded with Iran’s description, showing a Gulfstream IV flown by Oman leaving Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport just before noon.Jared Genser, a Washington-based lawyer representing the Namazi family, shared a photo of Namazi on the plane in a suit and tie.
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