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Washington said on March 16 it was “close” to a deal with Iran on reviving a 2015 pact that saw Western powers provide sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on Tehran’s nuclear programme, the latest sign of advancement following prolonged deadlock.
As President Biden pursues a new nuclear settlement with Iran, for some people it s personal.
Families of Western dual nationals being held in Iran – either in prison or under house arrest – describe waiting anxiously for news of their relatives fates. We have highs and lows, said Elika Ashoori, whose British-Iranian father Anoosheh is serving a 10-year prison sentence.
She told Fox News: We have episodes where we are extremely hopeful, where he s extremely hopeful that something s moving to the right direction. But then everything stops. It s a continuous mental torture.
Iran is thought to be holding more than a dozen Western dual nationals: American Iranians, British Iranians, and others with Canadian, Austrian, French or German citizenship. Many relatives describe their loved ones as hostages – innocent people they say are being used by Iran to pressure Western governments.