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UN Group Says Two Americans Unjustly Held In Iran
« on: September 18, 2017, 04:29:16 pm »
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UN Group Says Two Americans Unjustly Held In Iran

Siamak Namazi (right) with his father, Baquer Namazi (file photo)

A United Nations human rights group has called on Iran to immediately release two Iranian-Americans, Siamak Namazi and his 81-year-old father Baguer Namazi, describing their imprisonment as a violation of international law.

The two are serving 10-year prison sentences on spying charges.

The call came in an 11-page opinion by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention that has not been officially published.

Read more at: https://www.rferl.org/a/un-group-says-americans-unjustly-held-iran/28742538.html