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Two U.S. citizens sentenced to 10 years in jail in Iran
Source: Reuters
U.S. | Tue Oct 18, 2016 | 9:44am EDT
Two U.S. citizens sentenced to 10 years in jail in Iran
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Yeganeh Torbati | DUBAI/WASHINGTON
An Iranian court has sentenced an Iranian-American businessman and his elderly father to 10 years in prison on charges of cooperating with the United States, the Iranian judiciary's official news website reported on Tuesday.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps detained Siamak Namazi, an Iranian-American businessman in his mid-40s, in October 2015, while he was visiting family in Tehran. The IRGC arrested his father, Baquer Namazi, a former UNICEF official in his early 80s, in February.
"Siamak Namazi and Mohammad Baquer Namazi have each been sentenced to 10 years prison ... for cooperating with the hostile government of America," Mizan website said, citing "an informed source".
The U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the sentences.
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Two U.S. citizens sentenced to 10 years in jail in Iran
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Yeganeh Torbati | DUBAI/WASHINGTON
An Iranian court has sentenced an Iranian-American businessman and his elderly father to 10 years in prison on charges of cooperating with the United States, the Iranian judiciary's official news website reported on Tuesday.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps detained Siamak Namazi, an Iranian-American businessman in his mid-40s, in October 2015, while he was visiting family in Tehran. The IRGC arrested his father, Baquer Namazi, a former UNICEF official in his early 80s, in February.
"Siamak Namazi and Mohammad Baquer Namazi have each been sentenced to 10 years prison ... for cooperating with the hostile government of America," Mizan website said, citing "an informed source".
The U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the sentences.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-prison-idUSKCN12I1HX
