Detained Americans Fast Facts
Currently Detained Americans
Kai Li
September 2016 – Kai Li, a naturalised US citizen born in China, is detained while visiting relatives in Shanghai.
July 2018 – He is sentenced to ten years in prison for espionage following a secret trial held in August 2017.
Baquer and Siamak Namazi
October 2015 – Siamak Namazi, a Dubai-based businessman with dual US and Iranian citizenship, is detained while visiting relatives in Tehran.
February 2016 – Baquer Namazi, a former UNICEF official and father of Siamak Namazi, is also detained, his wife Effie Namazi says on Facebook. He is an Iranian-American.
October 2016 – The men are sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $4.8 million, according to Iran’s official news channel IRINN. Iran officials say five people were convicted and sentenced for “cooperating with Iran’s enemies,” a government euphemism that usually implies cooperating with the United States.
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