A U.S. Navy veteran who was held in Iran for almost two years after being convicted of insulting the country's supreme leader has been released by Iranian authorities, according to his mother.
Michael White meets Brian Hook, the U.S. special envoy for Iran, in Zurich, Switzerland, after White's release from detention in Iran.Michael White meets Brian Hook, the U.S. special envoy for Iran, in Zurich, Switzerland, after White's release from detention in Iran.Michael White, a U.S. Navy veteran held in Iran for almost two years, was released by Iranian authorities on Thursday, according to a statement from his mother, Joanne White.
"For the past 683 days my son, Michael, has been held hostage in Iran by the IRGC [Iran's Revolutionary Guard] and I have been living a nightmare," Joanne White, said in theposted to Twitter by family spokesperson Jonathan Franks."I am blessed to announce that the nightmare is over, and my son is safely in American custody and on his way home."
White left Iran on a Swiss government aircraft and will return with U.S. special envoy for Iran, Brian Hook. He was released as part of an agreement between the U.S. and Iran involving a Florida dermatologist who had violated U.S. sanctions on Iran,
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