Iran doctor freed in swap for Navy veteran returns to Tehran
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="800"] An Iranian doctor based in Florida returned to his homeland Monday after being part of a swap that saw a U.S. Navy veteran held by Iran return to America.[/caption]
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ISNA | Erfan Khoshkhoo: Iranian doctor Majid Taheri, who had been accused of violating US unilateral sanctions and imprisoned in the United States from 16 months ago, returned home early on Monday.
Reuters - An Iranian-American doctor has returned to Iran, Iranian state media reported on Monday, after a swap deal between Tehran and Washington that resulted in the release of a U.S. Navy veteran detained in Iran.
In a slight thaw in U.S.-Iranian enmity, the United States allowed Majid Taheri to travel to Iran as part of the swap deal. Michael ...
MNA Director General of Counterintelligence of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence said on Saturday that the US citizen, Michael White, who had been imprisoned on security charges in Iran, has been deported to the US due to disease exacerbation, human rights reasons.
The Iranian official explained that White was an American military person who ...
Reuters - Switzerland confirmed its role on Thursday in the humanitarian gesture that led to the release of two detainees, American Michael White and Iranian Majid Taheri, saying it stood ready for further facilitation as a neutral intermediary.
White, a U.S. Navy veteran detained in Iran since 2018, was freed on Thursday and was on his way back ...
MNA Tehran has announced the release of a US citizen, Michael White, who had been imprisoned on security charges in Iran.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said Mr. White was released on Thursday night with Islamic kindness and based human rights considerations and left Tehran to join his family soon.
Mousavi noted that since White had ...
MNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif referred to the upcoming return of an Iranian citizen who has been jailed in the US, calling on Washington to release all Iranian hostages.
"Pleased that Dr. Majid Taheri and Mr. White will soon be joining their families," Zarif wrote on his Twitter account on Thursday.
"Prof. Sirous Asgari was ...