American freed from Iranian prison has ties to Westchester, White Plains High School

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : They informed my brother, 'You can come to Tehran to visit him.'
53% : Namazi's mother, Effie, had been in Tehran in recent weeks as the release was worked out.
53% : When he went to Tehran, at the airport, they arrested him and kept him there for two years.
52% : "After he was released from Iran, he went to London to be with my sister for a little while.
47% : YONKERS - Siamak Namazi, the longest held of the American prisoners released by Iran in a prisoner exchange, is on his way to Qatar and then to Washington, D.C., his uncle said Monday.
47% : "I can't believe it's finally happened because, as you know, he was the longest American hostage held in Iran, nearly 8 years, since 2015.
44% : Five Americans headed home from Iran Five Americans imprisoned in Iran are on plane to US as part of Joe Biden deal: White House His uncle said Namazi was on a morning flight from Tehran to Qatar, where he and four other Americans will be exchanged for five Iranians who have been held by the U.S., in a ceremony likely to be reminiscent of Cold War prisoner exchanges between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
35% : Iran agreed to release them from prison while a $6 billion transfer of frozen Iranian oil funds was arranged.
34% : Namazi, along with Emad Sharghi, Morad Tahbaz and two other unidentified Americans, had been jailed by Iran on spying charges.
34% : When Baquer Namazi went to Iran years ago to seek his son's release, he was arrested and was held in the same Iranian prison, his brother said.

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