DUBAI, Iran (AP) — Oman thanked Iran on Tuesday for handing over U. S. citizen Baquer Namazi, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on its website, but it’s unclear if or when the Iranian-American left the Islamic Republic.
Namazi, a former U. N. official, has U. S. and Iranian citizenship.
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“In a phone call, Oman’s foreign minister expressed his gratitude and appreciation for Tehran’s acceptance by the Omani government and Iran’s humanitarian action in handing over Baquer Namazi to Muscat,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry said.
Namazi, 85, convicted in Iran of “collaborating with a hostile government” in 2016 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The Iranian government released him on medical parole in 2018 and closed his case in 2020, commuting his sentence in time but banning him from leaving the country.
On Saturday, the United Nations said Namazi had been allowed to leave Iran for treatment.
The EE. UU. no State Department responded to a request for comment. (Additional reporting through Arshad Mohammad; Written through Parisa Hafezi; Editing by Mark Porter and Cynthia Osterman)
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