Detained Americans Fast Facts KION 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.