Baquer Namazi
Mohammad Baquer Namazi (Persian: محمدباقر نمازی; born 3 December 1936[1]) is an Iranian-American former civil servant who served as Governor of Khuzestan Province under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He is currently imprisoned in Iran.[2][3]
On October 13, 2015, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps arrested his son, Siamak Namazi, while he was in the country on business. The Revolutionary Guards subsequently arrested Baquer as well on February 22, 2016, when he flew into the country to visit his imprisoned son.[4] On October 17, 2016, Iranian authorities sentenced Baquer and Siamak to ten years in prison for "collusion with an enemy state," in reference to the United States.[1]
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References
- ^ a b "Petition to the United Nations" (PDF). Perseus Strategies. 25 April 2017.
- ^ "Iran sentences Iranian-American, his father each to 10 years". The Washington Post. October 18, 2016.
- ^ "Tehran Sentences Iranian-American Businessman to 10 Years, Report Says". The New York Times. 18 October 2016.
- ^ "UN Urged to Take Immediate Action on Namazis". IranWire. 25 April 2017.