American freed by Iran: “They stole 2,898 days from me and supplanted them with torment”

“As a hostage, 2,898 days of what should have been the best days of my life were stolen from me and replaced with torment.”said today after landing at the international airport of Doha, Siamak Namazione of five US citizens released Will as part of a prisoner exchange with USA

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In a statement released by his lawyer, Namaziimprisoned in the Iranian prison of Evin since 2015, he sincerely thanked all the people who were involved in making It was released together with four other companions, accused of espionage and maintain contacts with the Government of U.S.

“Today I wouldn’t be free if it weren’t for all of you, who didn’t allow the world to forget me. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thank you for being my voice when I couldn’t speak for myself and for making sure I was heard when I mustered the strength. scream after the impenetrable prison walls Evin”, he indicated.

Namazi assured that he has “I dreamed of this day” over the past eight years, but he regretted still feeling “a painful and deep sense of guilt for breathing freely while so many brave people (…) continue to languish behind those walls.”

“They are detained for demanding the dignity and the freedom to which every human being is inherently entitled; for reporting the truth; for worshiping your God; for being a woman“, denounced.

In this sense, he recalled that Ahmedreza Djalalian Iranian-Swedish doctor, has been on death row for almost eight years for “false accusations”as well as environmentalists Niloufar Bayani, Sepideh Kashani, Houman Jokar, Taher Ghadirian, Amirhossein Khaleghi and Sam Rajabi, or even Sepehr Ziaei, arrested for belonging to the Bahá’í religious minority.

US citizens Siamak Namazi (C-back), Emad Sharqi (bottom-L) and Morad Tahbaz (bottom-R) disembark from a Qatari plane upon arrival at Doha International Airport in Doha on September 18, 2023. (Photo by Karim JAAFAR / AFP ) (KARIM JAAFAR/)

“The only message Iran’s leaders are sending to the world by imprisoning such extraordinary people is that they revel in the infinite depth of their unbridled cruelty.“, he said Namazi.

Thus, he expressed his gratitude to the Qatari, Omani, Swiss and British authorities and, especially, to the American President, Joe Biden, for “putting the lives of American citizens above politics” It is “end this nightmare.”

However, he warned that “There is a lot to do” why “For the past 44 years, the Iranian regime has mastered the nasty game of caging innocent Americans and other foreign citizens and marketing their freedom.”

The exchange of prisoners between Tehran It is washington occurred when 6,000 million dollars (just over 5,573 million euros) of funds belonging to Iran were deposited today in six Iranian accounts in two Iranian banks I likewho acted as mediator between the two rivals.

Source: Elcomercio