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He was one of the four Iranian-Americans detained by the Iranian government in May 2007. Jafar Sharif-Emami, former prime minister of Iran (1960–1961, 1978–1979), former president of the Iranian Senate (1964–1978), and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran (1960). Exiled to the U.S. in the wake of the Iranian Revolution
Iranian Americans, also known as Persian Americans, are United States citizens or nationals who are of Iranian ancestry, or who hold Iranian citizenship.. Most Iranian Americans arrived in the United States after 1979, as a result of the Iranian Revolution and the fall of the Iranian monarchy, with over 40% settling in California, specifically Los Angeles.
Member of group of 5 released in Sept 2023 in exchange for 5 U.S. prisoners and unfreezing of $6 billion in Iranian assets. (Iranian national who also holds US and UK citizenship.) [22] [23] [19] Xiyue Wang: 8 August 2016: 7 December 2019: 1216 [24] Gholamreza (Reza) "Robin" Shahini: 11 July 2016: 21 March 2017: 253 [25] Karan Vafadari: 20 July ...
Iran has transferred five Iranian-Americans from prison to house arrest, part of a possible deal over billions of dollars of Iranian assets frozen in South Korea. Siamak Namazi, an energy ...
The Biden administration has brokered a deal to exchange five Iranians held in the US for five wrongfully detained Americans Iran frees five wrongfully detained Americans as part of Biden-brokered ...
Iran on Tuesday identified the five prisoners it hopes to see freed in the United States in exchange for five Iranian-Americans now held in Tehran and billions in assets once held by South Korea.
Pages in category "American people of Iranian descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 387 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Five Americans detained for years in Iran walked off a plane and into freedom Monday, most arm-in-arm, as part of a politically risky deal that saw President Joe Biden agree to the release of ...