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January 18, 2023

Iranian American Jailed in Tehran Begins Hunger Strike
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An Iranian American man who has been jailed in Tehran since 2015 has
begun a week-long hunger strike. In an open letter to President Biden,
Siamak Namazi describes himself as having the "unenviable title of the
longest held Iranian American hostage in history." He was arrested along
with his father on a business trip in 2015 and convicted of cooperating
with a hostile government.


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