Siamak Namazi Is a Good Man. Iran Should Release Him.

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By Reza Marashi

My friend, Iranian-American consultant Siamak Namazi, has been in Tehran's Evin prison for five months. His 80-year old father, Baquer Namazi - a former senior UNICEF official - was imprisoned three weeks ago. The motives behind these arrests have been lucidly explained, but news of detained Iranian Americans dies when there are no developments on the ground. It's likely that Siamak's captors know this, so I'd like to help keep his story alive by humanizing the name you see in the headlines. In a world filled with diaspora Iranians, Siamak is among the best of us. Allow me to explain.