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The House Foreign Affairs Committee will hear today from the family members of four American citizens or permanent residents missing or detained in Iran: Bob Levinson, Siamak and Baquer Namazi, and Nizar Zakka foreignaffairs.house.gov/2019/3/the-sta…
In addition to those men, we know of several other cases of Americans detained in Iran: Xiyue Wang, a Princeton doctoral student; Morad Tahbaz, a businessman/environmental activist; and Michael White, a Navy veteran. The last two were imprisoned since Trump came into office
In August @joel_schectman and I did a deep dive into how difficult these cases are and exploring how the Obama and Trump administrations approached the issue of Iran's imprisonment of Americans reuters.com/investigates/s…
Omar Zakka, son of Nizar Zakka, tells the House Foreign Affairs Committee that State Dept officials do not give him the information he needs to keep up to date on the efforts the government is making on behalf of his father
Christine Levinson says she hopes the fact that there is a special envoy for hostages within the State Dept does not lead other administration officials to pass the buck for getting detained Americans home (the position was created during the Obama admin)
Babak Namazi: "The Iranians have always insisted on keeping it quiet...I broke my silence only when there was a conviction...that was also encouraged by the previous administration, to keep quiet." Read me/@joel_schectman on this very issue: reuters.com/investigates/s…
Christine Levinson, comparing the Obama/Trump admins: the Obama administration was willing to talk to the Iranians, and the Trump administration has said they are not willing to do so
These families have been through so much and their plight is ongoing. Witness their testimony here: foreignaffairs.house.gov/2019/3/the-sta…
