US citizen sent back to prison in Iran

foxnews.com:

U.S. citizen Siamak Namazi is back in an Iranian prison today after being temporarily released by authorities in Tehran earlier this month.

Waving Iran flag above skyline of Tehran at sunset.  (istock) "His furlough, which started on October 1, was renewable and had already been renewed once on October 8," a statement released by Namazi's pro bono counsel Jared Genser explained. "Late this morning (Tehran time), Siamak was taken back into custody by the IRGC and forced to return to Evin Prison."  At the time of his release early this month, Iran claimed through state-run media that it was proof of the regime's "good faith." People who followed the call of the German-Iranian Society in Berlin demonstrate in front of the Iranian embassy against the so-called "moral police" in their home country, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Sept.

23, 2022.  (Wolfgang Kumm/dpa via AP) Namazi, now 50, was convicted in Iran on spying charges and has been detained since 2015.The State Department calls the charges baseless.

Namazi's 85-year-old father Baquer had also been detained in Iran but was just granted permission to leave the country last week so that he could seek medical treatment.