- US-Iranian Baquer Namazi arrived UAE for treatment after six years in detention in Iran.
- Former UN official was allowed to leave Iran on Wednesday on an Omani flight and then transferred to Abu Dhabi Baquer Namazi, the US-Iranian citizen have being in captivity in Tehran for years, on Wednesday he was release on health grounds after more than six years in detention, he has arrived UAE for urgent medical treatment.
- They feel blessed and are profoundly grateful,” Mr Genser tweeted alongside a picture of Mr Namazi, 85, being greeted by his son Babak on arrival in Abu Dhabi.
- He was finally allowed to leave on a Royal Air Force of Oman flight on Wednesday to Muscat and then on to Abu Dhabi for treatment.
- Mr Namazi was detained after being lured to Iran with the promise that he would be able to see his son, Siamak Namazi, who was detained by authorities on charges of collaborating with the US in 2016.
- Siamak Namazi is now the longest-serving US-Iranian prisoner held by Iran.
- US government is doing everything within its diplomatic channels to bring him home.”