Iran temporarily frees U.S. citizen from prison, allows another to leave the country
for medicaltreatment Siamak Namazi, an American citizen detained in
Iran, has been released on a one week furlough from the country's Evin
prison, a lawyer for Namazi told CBS News on Saturday. And his father,
Baquer Namazi, who is also detained in Iran, was told he could leave the
country for medical treatment. Jared Genser, the family's pro-bono
counsel, said that Siamak is spending a night at home with his parents in Tehran
for the first time in seven years. "While these are critical first steps
we will not rest until the Namazis can all return to the United States and their
long nightmare has finally come to an end," Genser said in a release.