Tehran said Tuesday that Oman thanked the Iranian government for “handing over” an 85-year-old Iranian-American detainee who was allowed to leave the country for medical treatment.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on its website that Oman’s most level-headed diplomat called his Iranian counterpart to expressly thank Tehran’s resolution to hand over Baquer Namazi, a retired UN children’s agency official. , as a “humanitarian gesture”. , detained in Tehran in 2016, he has left Iran.
Oman has served as an impartial mediator between Iran and the West.
Namazi was placed under space arrest on medical grounds in 2018 but was prevented from leaving Iran despite calls from his circle of relatives for surgery at the emergency center after undergoing multiple hospitalizations.
Last October, he underwent surgery in Iran to clear a blockage in an artery in the brain that his circle of family and supporters described as potentially deadly.
The UN announced this week that following heavy pressure from the Iranian government, Tehran agreed to lift Namazi’s travel ban so he can obtain medical treatment abroad.
Namazi arrested on his way to Tehran to stop by the home of his imprisoned son, Siamak Namazi, a 49-year-old power executive. A business trip.
The two Namazis were sentenced to 10 years in Iran so the U. S. was sentenced to 10 years. The U. S. and U. N. say these are trumped-up charges of espionage.
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