Iran has agreed to free a Lebanese man with permanent U.S. residency who has been imprisoned since 2015, Lebanon’s foreign ministry said.
Iran has agreed to free a Lebanese man with permanent U.S. residency who has been imprisoned since 2015, Lebanon’s foreign ministry said Tuesday.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants thank the Iranian authorities concerned for ending this file and moving forward the bilateral relations between the two countries,” the ministry added.Zakka, 52, a Lebanese-born U.S. permanent resident and IT expert who lived in Washington D.C., was arrested in Tehran in September 2015 after being invited by the Iranian government to attend a conference on women and sustainable development.
“We have seen news reports about this case,” said a State Department spokesperson, who was not authorized to speak on the record. “This is a matter between Lebanon and Iran. We welcome the release of any unjustly held foreign detainees in Iran. It would be a good day for the Zakka family if Mr. Zakka is allowed to return home to Lebanon.”One of Zakka’s three children, Nadim Zakka, said he had not been informed of any progress in his father’s case.
“You perform important consular services for our citizens there, and you manage the cases of our missing or imprisoned U.S. citizens, visiting them in Iranian jails and assuring them and their families that their country is doing everything that it can to bring them home,” Pompeo said.
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