Baquer Namazi, American held by Iran, requires life-saving surgery
The Namazi family urged Iran to grant furlough to Siamak Namazi so that he can be by his ailing father’s side as he undergoes emergency surgery.
Baquer Namazi, a US citizen held in Iran for more than six years, is again in urgent need of surgery to clear life-threatening blockages in an artery to his brain, his family said Tuesday.
Multiple neurologists have assessed that the 85-year-old needs surgery within weeks to address blockages in his left internal carotid artery. Namazi, who Iranian authorities have barred from leaving he country, underwent a similar procedure to avoid a stroke in October 2021 after Tehran refused to allow him to seek medical care abroad.
The Namazi family urged Iran to grant Baquer’s son Siamak Namazi furlough so that he can be with him during his surgery and recovery process. The younger Namazi is currently in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, where he is the longest-held American prisoner in Iran.
The Namazis are among four dual Iranian-American citizens whose release the Biden administration has been trying to secure as part of indirect negotiations with Iran.
